Identity area
Reference code
ZA HPRA AK3088
Title
Trials - Domestic Violence and Murder
Date(s)
- 1991 - 2001 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
Extent4 boxesForm of materialCourt records
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Trial records donated by Cambanis and Nicholls.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Trial records are all cases of alleged murder of husbands by wives who had suffered domestic abuse and violence.
The records include petitions for clemency because of the abuse suffered by the perpetrators prior to the crime.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright Historical Papers Research Archive, The Library, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa