New legal heritage video: Mashed potatoes and murder!

New legal heritage video: Mashed potatoes and murder!

From the Honourable Alfred Lutwyche QC’s judgments of 1876, we uncover one of colonial Queensland’s most gripping tales of love, betrayal and poison in Mashed potatoes and murder: a deadly tale from Queensland’s shadowed past.

This is a story of deceit, ambition and betrayal—a murder served with a side of mashed potatoes!

Watch today at www.sclqld.org.au/legal-heritage-videos or on our YouTube channel.

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In March 2025, the Supreme Court Library Queensland (SCLQ) received recognition for its nationally significant documentary heritage, being awarded an inscription on the prestigious UNESCO Australian Memory of the World Register.