Murder

Date: 1996-1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-044

Description: Letters relating to the Bain case and to the publication of McNesih's book. Includes correspondence between Helen and James McNeish, and David Bain, and letter from Robin Bain. Not all indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1950

From: Efford, Lincoln Arthur Winstone, 1907-1962 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0445-E/3

Description: Includes Schedule `B' - Case histories of persons convicted for murder, 1920 to 1950 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [1980-1995]

From: Wills Johnson, Kate Miria, 1929-1995: Papers and photographs relating to the Chatham Islands

Reference: MSX-5420

Description: Four notebooks labelled (1) Chathams anecdotes from cassettes, Jane, Tony Russell; (2) notes on Wiremu Wharepa (1880); (3) notes on Wi Wharepa murder; and the fourth without a description Quantity: 1 volume(s) (four pieces). Processing information: Previous access statement 'Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission" was removed in May 2022.

Date: 7 Jan 1972

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1972/0057-F

Description: Detectives measuring in the hallway where Margaret Walker was found after she fell down stairs on the evening of the 6th of January, 1972, at Roxburgh Street, Mount Victoria. Photographs taken on the 7th of January 1972 by an unidentified Evening Post staff photographer. Ms Walker died shortly after she was found. Police initially treated her death as a homicide but later declared it an accident. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) negative strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: [ca 1990-1996]

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-038

Description: Photocopy of the diary of Margaret Bain, with annotations, underlinings and notes by McNeish. Also typescript tribute to Robin Bain, detailing his curriculum vitae. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [ca 12 Nov 1974]

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1974/7081-F

Description: Preliminary investigations into the discovery of a man's body in Hopper Street, Wellington, circa 12 November 1974. Two images include Detective Inspector A W Baker (light suit). A possible crime, and or murder, scene. Photographs taken circa 12 November 1974, by an Evening Post staff photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) strip with 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate negative, 35mm

Date: 1995

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-058

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1911

By: Low, David Alexander Cecil (Sir), 1891-1963

Reference: C-047-021

Description: A set of vignettes concerning current political and social matters in Christchurch and beyond. 'Music hath charms' shows the Salvation Army band 'leading a mutiny against the City Council' while they play loudly outside the Christchurch City Council buildings. A drunk man, seen in Dunedin, carries a large sandwich board 'Prohibition a blunder'. A cricket player getting bowled relates to 'South African cricketers' against the Australians in their 5th test. A London professor snoozes under a tree, after stating that 'the sun could do all world's work'. Two small boys, one with an executioner's axe, his dead parents behind him, discuss the murder of the parents after his mother refused to give him a penny to buy lollies. Relates to a newspaper account of a boy in Dunedin reacting violently to strict parents, including his trying to hang himself. A self portrait shows Low sobbing into his handkerchief, while he draws Tommy Taylor, but regrets the ending of the political life of Joseph Ward and William Massey for caricature purposes. Councillor Thacker pulling up a tree from Cathedral Square in the process of transplanting it rather that cutting it down. A confrontation between Britain and Kaiser Bill is about importing goods between the two countries. Four elderly men in a punch-up, holding a placard 'Peace perfect peace' refers to Dowieites in Zion City rioting Other Titles - soothe Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - David Low recit [sic] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink 522 x 358 mm

Date: 1995-1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: fMS-Papers-8154-2

Description: Newspaper cuttings relating to the Bain murders, to the subsequent trial of David Bain and the book of Joe Karam. Also typescripts of articels by McNeish for the British newspaper, `Guardian'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1997

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-045/064

Description: Political cartoons. Psychiatric care denied to those in need. Jim Bolger teeters on the edge of losing his position as Prime Minister. Jim Bolger offers his head on a plate to the new National Party leader, Jenny Shipley. Helen Clark congratulates Jenny Shipley for being NZ's first woman Prime Minister. Jenny Shipley lays down how she wishes to conduct business within her caucus. Winston Peters prostrates himself before the new Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley. NZ public dispair over the Black Caps' performance. Jenny Shipley is set to devour coalition partner, Winston Peters during their coalition talks. Max Bradford calls for submissions on the government's proposals allowing people to work Christmas Day for cash. Winston Peters is pressured by his party, NZ First, to continue in coalition with National under the new leadership of Jenny Shipley. NZ First / National Party coalition government is recemented but there's trouble ahead. Obituary to the tourists murdered by Islamic extremists in Egypt. Jim Bolger is overwhelmed by complimentary cards following his fall from the National Party leadership. Workers comment on the compulsory pay rise MPs get. Labour Party Conference participants behave as if they have become the government when they are still in opposition. White power advocates call for one law for all with some exceptions for themselves. Jim Bolger advises foreign leaders of the first signs of a coup, unsolicited phone calls pledging loyalty. The tell-tale signs of smoking in women. The pros and cons of the Hamilton East Telecom Mobile Phone Tower. Jenny Shipley is seen to have a level demeanour. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1996-1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-046

Description: Letters relating to the Bain case and to the publication of McNeish's book. Includes some letters from Robin Bain. Not all indexed. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-090/112

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues. Shows the changes within coalition government as a genetic mutation where the Labour Alliance strands are repalaced with the Labour Greens strands. Comment on the plight of the refugee boat people. All Blacks coach John Mitchell calls for more excitement from the All Blacks. Jim Bolger promotes Kiwi Bank to other former world leaders. New Zealand horse Ethereal wins the Melbourne Cup. Helen Clark protects Turiana Turia from opposition accussations of political interference. President Bush attempts to calm and reassure the American people in the face of extreme threats from Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network. John Howard wins another term as Australian Prime Minister on the backs of refugee boat people. Jim Anderton and Bill English look for ways to provide gaurded support for New Zealand SAS involvement in Afghanistan. Shows lions in a zoo with a sign 'Big Cat poisoning Times...' The new rule in Kabul Afghanistan, don't dare NOT to show yourself. Shows a man having his beard removed and a women removing her veil. Both regimes the now deposed Taleban instituted. A bin Laden supporter talks about the perfect weapon they have against the American led attack into Afghanistan. However they have some problems with detonating the nuclear bomb. Factions within the Alliance Party turn on each other and vow to fight to the death. Comment on the increase in alcohol consumption due to the lowering of the drinking age, and expectation that the same thing will happen when cannibis is legalised. Shows the maze of buildings that United States Air Force missiles are trying to penetrate in Afghanistan. The chance of striking a target is pretty low. The Prime Minister is swollowed by a giant snake during a visit to the Amazon. A reporter asks her how the Amazon compares with NZ eco-tourism. Jim Anderton pretends to fire a gatling gun every time the Alliance Party President, Matt McCarten appears on television. Helen Clark arrives home to find the house demolished. Refers to Alliance Party infighting. Shows Jim Anderton and Matt McCarten facing off over the breakfast table. A Black Caps cricket player thanks an African rain-man for helping the team by creating rain which washed out the second test. Jim Anderton reassures everyone that the crisis within the Alliance Party is now over and he and Matt McCarten are now pulling in the same direction. The Alliance boat is now however sinking. New Zealanders make love twice a week on average. A woman comments that it is decidedly average. Afghanistan Alliance soldiers run over Taliban prisoners in an armoured tank. They blame the prisioners for being in the way. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1995

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-057

Description: Copies of depostions by witnesses. Annotated by McNeish. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1751

From: Hogarth, William 1697-1764 :The original works of William Hogarth. London, sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790

Reference: D-020-076

Description: The subject is the wanton cruelty to animals and humans. It follows the `progress' of a young man, Tom Nero, who takes delight in various forms of extreme cruelty and ends up victim of his own example. The third stage of Tom's `progress' shows his brutality to animals leading inexoriably to brutality to humans. Tom Nero is being arrested in a country churchyard for having murdered Ann Gill, a servant from the house in the background. Tom has seduced Ann into stealing her mistress's silver plate and other valuables, as her letter to him, taken from Tom's pocket by the man kneeling to his right, tells us. Tom has slit her throat, wrist and finger to obtain the spoils. The knife has been retrieved and is flourished in front of Tom by one of those who apprehend him, while his open coat reveals the further weaponry of a pistol in his inside pocket. Stolen watches and a second pistol on the ground indicate his `career' as a highwayman. Those who have arrested him either throw up their hands in despair or threaten him with their fists at his savagely callous deed. The clock on the church tower shows it is 1 am. An owl, a bat, the moon and a toped yew tree add touches of gothic horror to the scene, as does the skull and crossbones on the tombstone against the fence. Ann has brought all her wordly treasures with her in a box marked `A.G.' Her Book of Common Prayer and a treatise entitled `God's revenge against murder' spill out of it, showing her as a basically good person beguiled into wickedness. The verse below the image is attributed to James Townley Source of descriptive information - Literary Encyclopaedia (www.litencyc.com) Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Cruelty in perfection; Recto - beneath image - Verse and publication details The four prints were published on 21 Feb 1750/51. They were published in two versions: one on ordinary paper for one shilling and the other for collectors on finer paper at one shilling and sixpence. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, 385 x 320 mm (platemark), on cream wove paper, 650 x 485 mm

Date: 1995

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-049

Description: Notes taken by McNeish at interviews with various involved parties in the Bain case. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1920

By: Newton, A D, active 1920

Reference: Plans-80-0674

Description: Shows ground floor plan with details of bedrooms occupied by Mrs Eyre, Mr Eyre and Thomas's bedroom. Also shows perspective diagram of interior room A, viewed from doorway showing two beds and chest of drawers. Refers to the murder trial in 1920 of Samuel Thorne in Pukekawa for the murder of farmer Sydney Eyre Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Stamp of Supreme Court Auckland Exhibit A 15.11.20.; Recto - top left - 2nd trial 29.11.20; Recto - top left - Exibit A Rex v Thorne J N ... Stipendiary Magistrate 14.10.20. Quantity: 1 plan(s). Physical Description: Ink drawing

Date: 1993

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-063

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1998

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-448-083/102

Description: Political cartoons. President Clinton goes on television to clear his name of sex scandal allegations. Lockwood Smith pledges drought relief to the farmers of Marlborough. Taxpayers get hit for $270 million payouts to Equiticorp statutory managers. A Texas justice representative justifies their views on capital punishment. 158 years after the birth of New Zealand, historians work out why the country still suffers from labour pains - fish hooks in Article II of the Treaty. Titewhai Harawira makes Leader of the Opposition, Helen Clark weep at Waitangi. Shows an alternate way Titewhai Harawira could have protested over Helen Clark speaking on the marae. Jenny Shipley and Helen Clark outline their positions on military action against Iraq. Comment on the proposed military bombing solution for dealing with Iraq's chemical weapons. New Zealand cricket fans get excited over the Black Caps beating the Australian Cricket team. Te Papa gets the thumps up. Jenny Shipley dons her armour and helmet to do battle. The Press Gallery at Parliament struggle to describe the Prime Minister's, Jenny Shipley's, State of the Nation speech. Comment on National's Code of Social Responsibility. Helen Clark, who has been critical of the parenting skills of other MP's is reminded of Frank Sinatra's advise to the Pope on the issue of birth control, 'He no play da game, he no make the rules...' The newly streamlined Mercury Energy is responsible for plunging Auckland into ongoing power cuts. An Iraqi child survivor of American bombing reads, a letter from the President, Bill Clinton. Members of the Board of Mercury Energy are wired to the main power grid - they will be the first to know when the energy to Auckland returns. A Mercury Energy executive defends their performance. Winston Peters unveils his preferred immigration application form. Quantity: 20 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: 1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-036

Description: Typescript draft of Part one. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1997

From: McNeish, James Henry Peter, 1931-2016: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-8154-064

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).