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A Lethal Trial At York Assize of Mrs Branch Case
The trial recounts brutal abuse and murder of the Deceased by Mrs Branch and her Daughter, with Henry Butler testifying to repeated beatings and even forced ingestion of waste. The defendants deny wrongdoing, claim the wounds came from a fall, and face public hostility after condemnation. The narrative covers sentencing, public reaction, and high court actions in 1740.
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Henry Butler
Branch
Elizabeth
Portsmouth
Cavendisk
Admiralty
Admiral Ogle
Mediterranean
Portmahone
Grampus
Gibraltar
Chaloner Ogle
Almaria
Alarpe Scitea
Count de Buena
Carthagena
Hart
Cardinal de Fleury
Marquiss de Fenelon
Hague
Great Britain
Spain
Pranckfort
Stockholm
France
Sweden
Shen
Spais
Paris
N.S
Cediz
N. S
Lenden
Westminster
Ceceiy