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Ruscoe, I H (Mr), fl 1973 :Photographs relating to the trial of Rua Kenana
- Date
- 1916
- By
- Suckling, Walter, active 1860s-1880s; Wilkinson, Percy Russell, -1954; Ruscoe, I H (Mr), active 1973
- Reference
- PA1-o-358
- Description
Photographs taken during the trial of Rua Kenana in 1916 at the Supreme Court in Auckland. Includes portraits of people associated with Rua and the trial, and most of the photographs were taken outside the Supreme Court.
Photographer unidentified, except for a two-part panorama of Maungapohatu Pa, probably taken by Percy R Wilkinson, a surveyor sent in by the police to gather evidence for them
A label at the back of the album advertises Walter Suckling (as the publisher?)
It is understood that a number of similar photograph albums of the trial were created.
Rua Kenana was accused of using seditious language, counselling others to murder or disable the police, and resisting arrest. He received the sentence of one year's hard labour followed by 18 months' imprisonment.
Inscriptions: Album page - Frontispiece - To my old friend - - Hare Hongi. Commemorating the longest trial ever held in this country - with very best wishes. Percy R Wilkinson. Kai huri whenua.
Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).
Physical Description: Small fawn cloth-covered album, with stamped label `V.P.K. snaps'; 8 x 11 cm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: For copy negatives see Murphy Album (Mrs E Murphy; PA1-o-357)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Small fawn cloth-covered album, with stamped label `V.P.K. snaps'; 8 x 11 cm
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UnknownPaora Kingi
Date: 1916
From: Ruscoe, I H (Mr), fl 1973 :Photographs relating to the trial of Rua Kenana
Reference: PA1-o-358-22
Description: Paora Kingi, in 1916, photographed during the trial of Rua Kenana. Probably taken near the Supreme Court in Auckland. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Inscription in album. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Paora Kingi Relationship complexity - Print of same image is also at PA1-o-357, page 24, with a copy negative of 1/2-074763. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 5.6 x 8 cm, on album page
Pinohi Tutakangahau
Date: 1916
From: Ruscoe, I H (Mr), fl 1973 :Photographs relating to the trial of Rua Kenana
Reference: PA1-o-358-24
Description: Pinohi Tutakangahau, 1916, photographed during the trial of Rua Kenana. Probably taken near the Supreme Court in Auckland. Photographer unidentified. Source of descriptive information - Identification of Pinohi as Pinohi Tutakangahau from name record formerly linked to PA1-o-358. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Pinohi Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, 5.5 x 7.9, on album page