this case is still remembered in the kidwely area-the Greenwood house has later converted into a chapel-this is the best account of this case that i have come across -it was only a couple of years later that another solicitor ,working in Wales ,was charged with poisoning his wife-however-the outcome was very different (i'm sure you know the case i mean !!)
I was thinking of the Hay on Wye job as well - strange how many coincidental parallels there were between the two. The last I heard, a descendant was trying to clear the lawyer's name, and had written a book about it. Did they succeed?
Interesting story - and one I'd not heard before. Marshall Hall was well known for tearing prosecution cases to ribbons (ie the Green Bicycle case), but sometimes they deserved it. This is a good example - the police presumably did finally trace the girl, for her to appear at the trial, but why overlook something so obviously essential? Personally speaking, yes, I suspect he did it, but had luck and Marshall Hall on his side. (The arsenic must have been in something else)
I prefer these old cases - very well read thank you
I do actually know this one!! But I probably read more Victorian/Edwardian crime than a lot do. Thanks for upload
I enjoy these older cases. I'm sure they were very shocking for their times. The world we live in today is truly terrifying by any measure.
this case is still remembered in the kidwely area-the Greenwood house has later converted into a chapel-this is the best account of this case that i have come across -it was only a couple of years later that another solicitor ,working in Wales ,was charged with poisoning his wife-however-the outcome was very different (i'm sure you know the case i mean !!)
I was thinking of the Hay on Wye job as well - strange how many coincidental parallels there were between the two. The last I heard, a descendant was trying to clear the lawyer's name, and had written a book about it. Did they succeed?
@@JohnDavies-cn3ro a book was written but they only succeeded in planting a great deal of doubt
Interesting story - and one I'd not heard before. Marshall Hall was well known for tearing prosecution cases to ribbons (ie the Green Bicycle case), but sometimes they deserved it. This is a good example - the police presumably did finally trace the girl, for her to appear at the trial, but why overlook something so obviously essential? Personally speaking, yes, I suspect he did it, but had luck and Marshall Hall on his side. (The arsenic must have been in something else)