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Murder and Manslaughter

Murder is the ultimate crime a human being can commit on another human. All too often, we clearly remember the perpetrator whilst the victim becomes forgotten with the passage of time.
These cases are presented in memory of the victims.

  • Adams, Thomas
    Adams, Thomas
    Thomas Adams was brutally robbed and murdered.
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  • Allen, Gertrude
    Allen, Gertrude
    The London Colney Murder: an innocent young woman dies at the hand of her insane lover.
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  • Andrewes, Thomas
    Andrewes, Thomas
    Unprovoked attack in Royston Street leads to Murder Charge.
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  • Bennett, Infant
    Bennett, Infant
    Tried for Murder but found guilty of "Concealment of birth".
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  • Benson, George
    Benson, George
    An old Criminal Broadside transcribed.
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  • Berry, James
    Berry, James
    A story of murder, manslaughter, transportation and a subsequent successful life.
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  • Bristol, John
    Bristol, John
    The murder in 1597 of a Gentleman by forcing a sheathed knife down his throat
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  • Byrne, Simon
    Byrne, Simon
    Another bare knuckle fight that ended tragically.
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  • Cannon, David
    Cannon, David
    The story of a 14 year old youth who went on a rampage with a .22 rifle and his arrest which lead to Gallantry awards for two Police Officers.
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  • Carey, Rose
    Carey, Rose
    Drunken anger leads a husband to dreadfully batter his wife.
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  • Chapman, Cyril Ernest
    Chapman, Cyril Ernest
    A 13 year old boy stabs a companion to death.
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  • Cock, Infant - murder
    Cock, Infant - murder
    Another tragic case of Infanticide this one resulting in the mother being hanged.
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  • Constable Robert Dunn - The first of many
    Constable Robert Dunn - The first of many
    The life and career of Robert Dunn and his five sons who followed in his police footsteps.
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  • Cooper, John
    Cooper, John
    Highway robbery leaves a man dead between Hoddesdon & Wormley.
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  • Danbye, Laurence
    Danbye, Laurence
    Laurence Danbye, was robbed & murdered.
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  • Dunn, Thomas Edwin
    Dunn, Thomas Edwin
    Edwin Watson Dunn, aged 25 and of Hoddesdon, was convicted of the murder of his eleven month-old son.
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  • Eldredge, Margaret
    Eldredge, Margaret
    Margaret Eldredge, murdered at home.
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  • Foster, Infant
    Foster, Infant
    Infanticide of young newborn child.
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  • Foster, Mrs
    Foster, Mrs
    Beating of a pregnant wife.
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  • Foul deeds indeed
    Foul deeds indeed
    A man and woman held over missing baby case.
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  • Ginn, Alice
    Ginn, Alice
    Drunken assault on his wife leads to her death.
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  • Goodman, William
    Goodman, William
    A point in law where poaching means murder and death by hanging, but stealing leads to acquittal.
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  • Goodyear, Abel
    Goodyear, Abel
    How a village lane got its unusual name and an example that crime doesn't pay.
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  • Grubb, Simon
    Grubb, Simon
    Hertford Witch hanged for murder.
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