{{Short description|New Zealand lawyer (1866–1944)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Alf Hanlon | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KC|size=100%}} | image = Alfred Charles Hanlon, as pictured in Random Recollections (1939).jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Alfred Charles Hanlon | birth_date = {{Birth date|1866|8|1|df=y}} | birth_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|1944|2|6|1866|8|1|df=y}} | death_place = Dunedin, New Zealand | death_cause = | resting_place = Andersons Bay Cemetery<ref name="DNZBHanlon" /> | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|45|54|17.03|S|170|31|58.13|E|type:landmark_region:NZ|display=inline|name=Alfred Charles Hanlon's grave (location of row)|notes= (row)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=17337&type=Burial |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130223075302/http://www.dunedin.govt.nz/facilities/cemeteries/cemeteries_search?recordid=17337&type=Burial |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2013 |title=Cemetery Details: Hanlon, Alfred Charles |work=Dunedin City Council website: Cemeteries search |publisher=Dunedin City Council |location=Dunedin, New Zealand |oclc=586123164 |accessdate=31 July 2012 }}</ref>}} | monuments = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = Lawyer | years_active = | employer = {{Plainlist | *J. A. D. Adams (1882–1888) *Himself (1888–''post'' 1930)<ref name="DNZBHanlon" />}} | organization = | known_for = Representing Minnie Dean | notable_works = | title = | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Ann "Polly" Hudson|1894|1940|end=d.}}<ref name="DNZBHanlon" /> | children = 2 daughters, 1 son<ref name="DNZBHanlon" /> | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | signature_size = }} '''Alfred Charles Hanlon''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KC}} (1 August 1866 – 6 February 1944) was a New Zealand lawyer, who, according to the ''Dictionary of New Zealand Biography'', "was one of the most outstanding criminal advocates in New Zealand's history".<ref name="DNZBHanlon">{{DNZB|title=Alfred Charles Hanlon|first=Geoffrey G. |last=Hall |id=2h11 |accessdate=31 July 2012}}</ref><ref name="NZOnScreenHanlon">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hanlon-1985/series |title=Hanlon |work=NZ On Screen |publisher=NZ On Air |location=Wellington New Zealand |oclc=268791231 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> He was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, where he lived and died, though he represented clients nationwide.<ref name="DNZBHanlon" /> Hanlon represented at least 16 people charged with murder, but he is best known for his first defence case, in which he represented the only woman to be hanged in New Zealand, Minnie Dean.<ref name="DNZBHanlon" /><ref name="NZOnScreenInDefenceOf">{{cite web |url=http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hanlon-in-defence-of-minnie-dean-1985 |title=Hanlon – In Defence of Minnie Dean |work=NZ On Screen |publisher=NZ On Air |location=Wellington New Zealand |oclc=268791231 |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> Dean was the only murder defendant of Hanlon's to be hanged.<ref name="DNZBHanlon" />
Hanlon's career was the subject of a 1985 New Zealand television drama series, called ''Hanlon''.<ref name="NZOnScreenHanlon" /> The series was a critical and a commercial success, and was nominated for Best Overseas Program at the 1986 Emmy Awards.<ref name="NZOnScreenHanlon" /> Its first episode, ''In Defence of Minnie Dean'', "contributed to a re-evaluation of Dean's conviction",<ref name="NZOnScreenInDefenceOf" /> and won the Best Director, Best Drama Programme, Drama Script, and Performance, Female, in a Dramatic Role categories at the 1986 Listener Television Awards (also called the GOFTA Awards).<ref name="NZOnScreenHanlon" /><ref name="KiwiTV">{{cite web |url=http://lonely.geek.nz/kiwitv/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=183:1986-winners-listener-television-awards&catid=33:1985-2003-gofta-awards&Itemid=46 |title=1986 Winners – Listener Television Awards |date=3 May 2007 |work=KIWITV |accessdate=30 July 2012}}</ref> David Gwillim, who played Hanlon, won Best Performance, Male, in a Dramatic Role at the awards for his performance in the series, and Terry Gray's music won Best Original Music.<ref name="NZOnScreenHanlon" />
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==External links== *[http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hanlon-in-defence-of-minnie-dean-1985 ''In Defence of Minnie Dean''], the first episode of the ''Hanlon'' television series, streamed free at NZ On Screen *[http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/hanlon-1985/series ''Hanlon''], 1985 New Zealand television drama series
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