Judge, defender and executionerSourced
One official took several opposing roles in the same case.
Working in colonial Papua New Guinea, Horace Niall helped arrest five murder suspects and served as magistrate. He was then ordered to defend them at the Supreme Court and, after conviction, acted as executioner and coroner.
A striking concentration of roles in one person.
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