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 Post subject: Re: National Archives
PostPosted: Sat Dec 13, 2008 1:54 am 
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Super, Go for it. :mrgreen:


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 Post subject: Re: National Archives
PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 12:16 pm 
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The £14 document, though someone of the same name was not my relation.
Because of this, I held back from ordering the other until I have done a bit more research.

The document that went missing finally turned up and I have literally just received it. It's going to take me some time to read through as there are over 100 pages and it's not the kind of thing you scan. It needs to be digested. I don't know how I made myself do it, but I have put it on the table to be looked at after lunch when I have done what I need to do. That way I can get engrossed without my mind wandering to what I should be doing!!

Then again, maybe a little peek :?:

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:00 pm 
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Dont do it - (peek I mean). If you're like me you'll just get drawn in deeper than youve really got time for.

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 Post subject: Re: National Archives
PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:30 pm 
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 Post subject: Re: National Archives
PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:32 pm 
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Bet she has her head buried in it right now, I'll be amazed if she's managed to resist it.

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PostPosted: Thu Jan 15, 2009 2:01 pm 
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I was buried :roll: Couldn't resist it.

The file consists of the accused' statement upon arrest. Also statements by 'witnesses' though some of these appear irrelevant to the actual crime and only serve as confirmation of ID of accused.
There is a transcript of the accused statement with notes in the columns. I'm not sure who made the notes but it shows the train of thought of the person.

I originally thought this relation had been wrongly accused but having read the evidence, I'm not so sure any more. It's certainly more to think about.
There was a statement from a medical person at the prison where the accused was being held saying they thought accused was of sound mind and that there was no knowledge of mental problems in the family. This had to have been based on info from the accused and was probably not very accurate. The mother of the accused had committed manslaughter when the accused was very young causing the accused to spend childhood (age 4 to 14) in care, never knowing father and being told mother had gone to Canada to set up a home and new life for the family and would return for them, she did visit carehome twice. She died when accused was 9, accused was aware of her death. Accused did not know what mother had done.

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