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Who Killed Hannah Jane? is a 1984 Australian television film about the murder conviction of Arthur Peden directed by Peter Fisk and starring Graham Rouse, June Salter, Judi Farr, Edward Howell, and Barry Otto.[1] It was the third of four telemovies called Verdict produced by the ABC dramatising real cases (the others being The Dean Case, The Amorous Dentist, and The Schippan Mystery).[2]

Background

Based on the 17 May 1921 murder of Gundagai resident, Hannah Jane Peden, and the subsequent June 1921 trial in Sydney, and conviction of her husband, Arthur Bryce Peden.[3][4] After an appeal, and based on the benefit of the doubt, Peden was released from Long Bay Gaol on 28 February 1922.[3]

Cast

Media

  • book - Tom Molomby, Who killed Hannah Jane (1981)[5]
  • article - D.J. Pounder, The Peden case: an Australian forensic disaster. The Medical Journal of Australia, v.153, no.11-12, (3–17 December 1990), p. 712-715.[3][6]

References

  1. ^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p164
  2. ^ "Waters and Thornton to star in new Crawford mini-series". The Canberra Times. Vol. 57, no. 17, 158. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 19 September 1982. p. 13. Retrieved 12 February 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ a b c "The Peden case: an Australian forensic disaster" (PDF). Retrieved 29 December 2018.
  4. ^ Porter, Chester; Qc, Chester Porter (April 2009). The Conviction of the Innocent: How the Law Can Let Us Down. ReadHowYouWant.com. ISBN 9781442958418.
  5. ^ Molomby, Tom (1981). Who killed Hannah Jane. Sydney: Potoroo Press. ISBN 9780949764010. OCLC 11774982.
  6. ^ "The Peden Case: An Australian Disaster". Centre for Suicide Prevention. Retrieved 29 December 2018.

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