Letter from Charles Cory Aldred, surgeon at Great Yarmouth and later mayor, to Alfred Swaine Taylor

PART OF:
Correspondence
Made:
1841
part of archive:
Alfred Swaine Taylor collection relating to forensic medicine and toxicology
maker:
Aldred, Charles Cory

Thanking Taylor for his opinion regarding the Yaxley murder trial at which Aldred gave evidence.

The Yaxley murder trial in Great Yarmouth concerned the drowning of a 14-month old girl named Lavinia Kerrison, apparently committed by Charlotte Yaxley, the new wife of the child’s father. Charlotte Yaxley was found guilty and sentenced to transportation for life.

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1 sheet, 1 envelope
Identifier:
MS/2203/C/2
Access:
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