Our History | Sex scandal, claims of coercion sullied city's reputation

By Dianne Cassidy, Launceston Historical Society
Updated July 2 2021 - 1:16am, first published December 13 2020 - 6:00am

On April 3, 1886 The Mercury published an article that left the good Aldermen of Launceston and Police Superintendent Mr James Coulter, seething.

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