Marylebone inquest into Camberwell murder case ends
Witnesses describe a Boxing Day child’s screams and suspicions against Greenacre and Gale. Officers recover clothing and a bloodstained trunk. jury convicts with final examination at Clerkenwell prison set for the next session.
Mysterious Norfolk-born man on murder charge after wife’s death
The case centers on James Greenacre, charged with murder in Paddington after his wife died during marriage to him and after a long history of business, bankruptcy, and alleged deception. Greenacre defends himself with a detailed written narrative or address to the public. He describes his life, marriages, finances, and attempts to clear his name amid sensational press coverage.
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Rawlinson
William Woodward
Paddington Station
Susannah Dillon
Carpenter’s Place
Windmill-lane Camberwell
Greenacre
Mr. Rawlinson
Gale
Wevenrietta Edwards
Windmill-lane
Greenacre’s
Frances Andrews
Lock’sfields
Carpenter's Place
Sarah Bridges
No. 5
Mary Stephens
East-lane
Walworth
Hannah Davis
Bartholomew Close
Hannah Brown
Saint Alban’s Place
Inspector Feltham
Feltham
Gravesend
Paddington Poorhouse
Sarah Whithorn
Thomas Whithorn
Strand
Norfolk
Union-street
Mr. Rewlinson
Bowyer-lane
Camberwell
Carpenter-place
No.6
Elephant and Castle
London
America
Mr. Price
Carpenter
Gill
Glerkenwell Prison
Marylebone
Clerkenwell
House of Correction
Hoare
Howe
Fell
Lord Montford
Edmonds
Price
Mr.Price
Ita
Payne
Coldbath-fields
Newgate
Rebecca Smith
Carpenter’s Buildings
Witners
Atlantic
Acre
St. George
Jane-place
Old Kent-read
Charles Ware
Grown and Anchor
Woolwich
Blackburn
John Romford
Essex
Foundling
Falls
His
Tay
Kent-road
Longlane
Bermondsey
James Greenacre
St. George the Martyr
Southwark
James Greendire
N.B
Blowen
Billingsgate
Judas
Blewen
Sarah
M Division
James Green Acre
Mater
Greenacre Linked to Mendicity Society in Murder Case
In August 1835 James Greenacre, charged with Hannah Brown's murder, sought charity via the Mendicity Society at Red Lion Square. Letters shown reveal his appeals from Dorset Street Portman Square and St Ann's Road Brixton, detailing debts, absences, and claims of misfortune.
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America
Foundling
Board of Directors
James Greenacre
Kuyvett
Dubsis
Greenacre
St. Anne's Road
Brixton
Mney
The
Mendicity Society
St. Ann’s Road
North Brixton
Office of Mendicity
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Tiindal
Littledale
Bodkin
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Tindal
France
Clark
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Old Bailey
Chesterton
Kilsby
New Prison
Cope
Green