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Dudley Grey's Flight and The Oaks Murder Trial
Dudley Grey, fleeing a murder accusation and a £100 reward, escapes via a railway truck from The Oaks case in Wiltshire. He travels toward Exeter, unproven innocent, uncovers newspaper evidence, and recounts his abduction and supposed death to a Salisbury court, challenging Edmund Jacomb's guilt.
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Dudley
Deters
Plymouth
the Oaks
Wiltshire County
Devon
Exeter
Honizon
Dudley Grey
Crown Law Department
Silas Prescott
Salisbury
Wiltshire
Oaks
Edmund Jacomb
Lom
Ths
Paper
Wheatleigh
Portsmouth
Thomas Onslow
Jacomb
Kathleer Jacmb
Charles Lasker
Lasker