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Trial of John Ambrose for Murder
The case outlines the murder charge against 64 year old shoemaker John Ambrose who allegedly killed Mary Ann Perry in Saffron Hill lodging. Testimony cites repeated quarrels and a final beating, with the defendant claiming accidental death. The jury returned a verdict of manslaughter. Also noted are Essex Gaol Delivery preparations and crime statistics ahead of the Winter Assizes.
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van Diemen’s Land
New South Wales
Lion
Alexander Kenn
William Shand
London Dock
Buckles
Baguter
Buchanan
Denmark Hill
London
John Foreman
Calcutta
Saint Leonard
John Rutherford
West India Export Dock
Messrs
Hunter and Co
Broad-street
Bagster
Mark Lane
Lisbon
Cadiz
Gibraltar
George IV
Duke of York
Deptford
Portamouth
General Steam Navigation Company
Custom-house Quay
Haymarket
Great Portlands Street
Charles Bessell
N.B
George
Portsmouth
High Court of Az Chancery
Tilbury Vy
Wakeford
Mary Harries
Andover
County of Hants
James William Farrer
Southampton
Chancery-lane
Thomas Tilbury
Falcon-street
High Court of Chancery
Wragg
Hall
George Wragg
Mansfield
Nottingham
Giffin Wilson
Southampton-buildings
Loudons
Thomas White
Lucoln’s Inn
John Ambrose
Justice Burrough
Baron Hallock
Sheriffa
Farebrother
Winchester
Justice Burrowal
Mary Ann Perry
John Morris
Liily Street
Saffron-hill
Mr. Robinson
Mrs. Jay
William Robinson
Arshrose
Hampstead
Barnsley
Sheppard
Hatton-garden
Cooxson
Blogd
Sarah Jay
Hannah Mays
Justice Burrovuch
Walker
Burrough
Justice Bayley
Justice GascLrr
Mary Mann
Rochford
John Goody
James Owers
Coggeshall