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Charles Dawson
1874
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On 13th September 1873, Charles Dawson, an ironworker, and Mrs Martha Jane Addison, whom he lived with at Darlington as man and wife, went out drinking with three people they shared a house with. Dawson became angry…
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William Thompson
1874
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Twenty six year old William Thompson was a pitman convicted of the murder of Mrs Jane Thompson who was only twenty, with whom he lived at Anfield Plain. They had travelled into Newcastle during the afternoon of 4…
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Edward Gough
1874
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Gough, Edward
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Thomas Corrigan
1874
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On 3rd November 1873 twenty three year old Thomas Corrigan, an Irish born loafer and occasional dock worker, returned home after drinking all afternoon and went to bed. On waking, he heard his mother moaning about his…
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Edwin Bailey
1874
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12/01/1874 Edwin Bailey & Ann Barry 32/31 " " Murder of his illegitimate child
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Ann Barry
1874
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12/01/1874 Edwin Bailey & Ann Barry 32/31 " " Murder of his illegitimate child
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Charles Edward Butt
1874
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Murder of Miss PHIPP,through jealosy
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BAILEY, Edwin
1874
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Murder of child; Gloucester
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BARRY, Ann
1874
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Murder of child; Gloucester
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Thomas Chamberlain
1874
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John Cox Newitt was a wealthy farmer who occupied a lodge at Wood Burcote, Towcester. On the night of Sunday 30th November 1873, he and a servant girl stayed home while the rest of the family went to church. At around…
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Alfred Thomas Heap
1874
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James Godwin
1874
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25/05/1874 James Godwin 27 London & Middlesex Newgate Wife, Louisa
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James (or John) Godwin
1874
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Godwin, John
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Frances Stewart
1874
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29/06/1874 Frances Stewart (f) 43 London & Middlesex Newgate Grandson, Henry Ernest Scrivener
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STEWART, Frances
1874
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Murder of grandchild
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John Macdonald
1874
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10/08/1874 John Macdonald Devon Exeter Bridget Walsh (girlfriend)
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John (Thomas) MacDonald
1874
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MacDonald was a discharged marine convicted of the murder of his girlfriend, Bridget Walsh, at Stonehouse, Plymouth. On Sunday 28th June, MacDonald quarrelled with Mrs Walsh - whom he had lived with while her husband…
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William Jackson
1874
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Twenty nine year old William Jackson was a soldier discharged from the 77th Regiment after serving in India. Soon after moving back in with his parents, he began to have frequent arguments with the family. These…
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James Gibbs
1874
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24/08/1874 James Gibbs Monmouthshire Usk Wife, Sarah Ann
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James Henry Gibbs
1874
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Gibbs, James Henry
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Mary Williams
1874
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31/08/1874 Mary Williams 40 Lancashire Liverpool Nicholas Manning
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Henry Flanagan
1874
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31/08/1874 Henry Flanagan 22 Lancashire Liverpool Aunt
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Henry Flanagan
1874
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Convicted after a two day trial of the murder of his aunt. Mary Flanagan (53). at Liverpool. It was alleged that, while drunk, Flanagan broke into her house and attempted to rape her, before strangling her and fleeing…
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WILLIAMS, Mary
1874
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Murder of NICHOLAS MANNING
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John Coppen
1874
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13/10/1874 John Coppen 37 Surrey Horsemonger Lane Wife
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John Walter Coppen
1874
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Thirty seven year old Coppen was a coffee house keeper, who was addicted to drinking in excess and on the night of 27th August he again returned home drunk. Seeing the condition that her husband was in, his wife Emma…
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Thomas Smith
1874
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20th Hussars: Murder of Capt. BIRD, in revenge for slight punishment;
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Hugh Daley
1874
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On 7th November, Hugh Daley, a married man from Dinton, a small mining village near Durham, returned home drunk and was assisted to bed by his wife and a neighbour. Later that evening Phillip Burdey, a single man,…
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Hugh Daly
1874
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Hugh Daly
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Robert Taylor
1874
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On 23 November, fifty seven year old Mrs Mary Kidd and eight year old Sarah Hollis, were returning from the market at Yoxall, near Burton. On approaching Coppice Wood, near Hoar Cross, they spotted Taylor, a Wigan born…
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