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Parliament Horror as Prime Minister Perceval Shot in Westminster
A mob and police mobilized after the assassination of Rt. Hon. Spencer Perceval at the House of Commons. Bel lingham, the accused, admitted the fact but claimed justification amid grievances with government. Witnesses described the instant, the crowd outside, and the swift transfer to Newgate for trial.
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C. Burrell
Beltingham
Watson
House of Lords
Alderman Coombe
Angelo Taylor
Altho
Westminster Hall
Tagress
Old
New Palace Yard
Parliament Street
St. James’s Park
Home Department
Great George Street
Downing Street
United Kingdom
General Maitland
Earl of Derby
Earl of Stamford
Newman
New-gate
Sheriff Heygate
Cabinet Council
Newgate
Michael Angelo Taylor
Bellingham
John Cox Hippesley
Pertissiop
Tam
Becks
Bow-street
Russia
Archangel
Riga
Lord Castlereagh
Hadfield
England
Spencer Perceval
House of Commons
Abingdon ‘Street
Lord Edenborough
King’s Bench