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Confessions amid Trials at Cambridge and Multiple Assizes
Mary Reeder admits poisoning Mrs Lucas as motive arises in Cambridge capital case. At Surrey, Denny is sentenced to death for murdering his illegitimate child. Liverpool damages awarded to Woodrow from railway over train derailment. Defamation case at Gloucester: Rev J Seton Karr wins minimal damages. Liverpool savings bank officials jailed for embezzlement. Two Liverpool policemen jailed for assault. Davenport faces life transportation for shooting at an officer. Bentley station wall accident yields damages. City pickpocket trial ends with tongue in cheek remarks from Alderman Carden.
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Mary Reeder
Lucas
Cambridge
Mrs. Lucas
Surrey Assizes
Denny
Eliza Tarrant
Liverpool
Woodrow
Manchester
Lancaster and Carlisle
Ind
Gloucester Assizes
J. Seton Karr
Berkeley
Ruther
John Sheridan
William Page
John Kilshaw
Kilshaw
Warwick Assizes
Davenport
Read
Bury St. Edmund’s
Staines
Eastern Union and
Hadleigh Junction Railway Company
Bentley
Turer
Mansion House
Alderman Carden
Central Criminal Court
Bridewell