Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham - A History and Guide Arranged Alphabetically by Thomas T. Harman;Walter Showell
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Mrs. Davis killed by her husband in Moor Street, March, 1848.
Mrs. Wilkes murdered her four children in Cheapside, October 23, 1847; also committing suicide. Francis Price was executed at Warwick, August 20, 1860, for murdering Sarah Pratt, April 18. Elizabeth Brooks was shot by Farquhar, at Small Heath, August 29, 1861. He was sentenced to imprisonment for a long term, but was liberated in April, 1866. Thompson, Tanter Street, killed his wife, September 23, 1861; hung December 30. Henry Carter, aged 17, who had killed his sweetheart, was hung April 11, 1863. George Hall shot his unfaithful wife on Dartmouth Street Bridge, February 16, 1864, and was sentenced to death, but reprieved. He was released March 5, 1884. Murder and suicide in Nursery Terrace, November 28, 1866. Mr. Pryse was murdered by James Scott in Aston Street, April 6, 1867. Mary Milbourn was murdered in Heneage Street, January 21, 1868. Murder and suicide in Garrison Street, November 25, 1871. |
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