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Desert of death and a Paris decalcomanie craze at Old Bailey trial
A London Old Bailey hearing features George ammond, a portrait painter, on trial for murder after admitting killing George Baldwin the Tope-dancer during a killer dispute. The narrative includes the suspect’s plea of loss and guilt amid a tale of a lost daughter, a desert lecture, and varied curiosities from contemporary science and Paris fashion arts.
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