First Published: October 2019
Contains 79 cases including the case of Donald Lesbini who shot a woman at a shooting gallery, Henry Quartley who shot his neighbour Henry Pugsley, Sidney Clements who stabbed his stepbrother, Annie Smith who beat her adopted daughter Vera Hill with a brush, Orlando Miller who killed Kate Scott whilst treating her for paralysis, Herbert Brooker who cut his girlfriend’s throat, Alfred Law who threw a bottle that hit Thomas Hemming killing him, Thomas Campbell who killed Thomas Duffy after he lost a game of pitch-and-toss, John Houghton who killed his brother and father, Alberto Coelho who shot his wife on a ship, Maurice Swift who murdered Clara Wilkinson and Julia Decies who attempted to murder her lover.
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A list of homicide convictions 1914.
Contains 79 cases including the case of Donald Lesbini who shot a woman at a shooting gallery, Henry Quartley who shot his neighbour Henry Pugsley, Sidney Clements who stabbed his stepbrother, Annie Smith who beat her adopted daughter Vera Hill with a brush, Orlando Miller who killed Kate Scott whilst treating her for paralysis, Herbert Brooker who cut his girlfriend’s throat, Alfred Law who threw a bottle that hit Thomas Hemming killing him, Thomas Campbell who killed Thomas Duffy after he lost a game of pitch-and-toss, John Houghton who killed his brother and father, Alberto Coelho who shot his wife on a ship, Maurice Swift who murdered Clara Wilkinson and Julia Decies who attempted to murder her lover.
Contains all known homicide convictions from England, Scotland and Wales in 1914.
A fantastic resource for people that need a categorical reference for all homicide convictions from 1914.
Resourced from old newspapers, court files, police files and other varied sources.
The most authoritative resource for homicide convictions from 1914 in the UK on the market.
Cases include:
Alfred Wilson - Upwey Camp, Dorsetshire: Alfred Wilson was convicted of the manslaughter of Wallace Williams. He shot him at an army camp on 29 November 1914.
George Anderson - 213 High Street, Waltham Cross: George Anderson was convicted of the murder of his stepdaughter Harriett Ann Whybrow 31 and sentenced to death. He cut her throat at 213 High Street, Waltham Cross on 30 June 1914.
Ewan Roberick McRae - Ferry Toll, Howe Cove, Dunfermline: Ewan Roberick McRae was convicted of the culpable homicide of Thomas Middlemas. He struck him on the head with an iron boring drill.
Walter Kay - Old Mill, Barnsley: Walter Kay was convicted of the attempted murder of his eight-year-old daughter. The daughter had gone to the Barnsley Feast with her other brother and sister on 24 August 1914, returning later that night.
Michael Henry - Huddersfield: Michael Henry was convicted of the manslaughter of Ingham Spencer 55. He struck him outside the Kirkgate Inn in Huddersfield on the Saturday afternoon, 17 October 1914.
Harry Elner - Devonshire Vaults, Skipton: Harry Elner killed Thomas Guerin in a fight outside the Devonshire Vaults public house in Skipton. He killed him on 15 August 1914.
Emily Liversidge - Rawmarsh, Rotherham: Emily Liversidge was on trial for the murder of her three children but found to be insane.
Alice Smith - Mexborough: Alice Smith was convicted of the murder of her 3 year old daughter and sentenced to death but reprieved. She strangled her on 17 September 1914.
Annie Crowther - 4 Upper Lane, Northowram, Halifax: Anne Crowther was tried for the murder of her brother Vernon Crowther 8 but was found to be insane. She killed him on 17 August 1914.
John Simpson Thompson - 413 Springbank West, Hull: John Simpson Thompson was found guilty but insane for the murder of his wife Hilda Thompson and two children Joseph Kenneth Thompson 2 and Donald Thompson 11 months. He shot them with a revolver on 16 May 1914 at their home in 413 Springbank West, Hull. After killing them he attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head and as a result was left totally blind.
Henry Brown - Buxton Street, Manchester: Henry Brown was convicted of the murder of his sweetheart Nellie Galloway 18 and sentenced to death but reprieved on account of his youth. He murdered her in a fit of jealousy.
Robert Ridley - Borough Road, Sunderland: Robert Ridley was convicted of the manslaughter of Thomas Binns 52. Thomas Binns died from a fractured skull a few days after Robert Ridley attempted to rob him in Sunderland on 22 June 1914.
Edward Thomas Parham - Horden: Edward Thomas Parham was convicted of the manslaughter of James Murphie. He killed him during a fight in Horden on 6 September 1914.
Joseph Greener - Chopwell: Joseph Greener was convicted of the manslaughter of Edward Whitfield 65. He struck him on the road to Chopwell during a row on 26 June 1914 around midnight.
William Buckler - 46 Ann Street, Walsall: William Buckler was convicted of the manslaughter of William Brookes 37. William Buckler hit William Brookes twice in the face on 7 July 1914, fracturing his skull and he died from blood loss three days later on 10 July 1914.
Arnold Warren - Fosse Road Recreation Ground, Leicester: Arnold Warren was convicted of the murder of his 2-year-old son James Warren and sentenced to death. He cut his throat at Fosse Road Recreation Ground in Leicester on 10 July 1914.
Isaac MacFee - Norland Road, Caithness: Isaac MacFee was convicted of the culpable homicide of Sinclair Clark. He cut his throat with a knife or some other sharp instrument.
John Francis Eayres - 4 School Place, Albert Place, Peterborough: John Francis Eayres was convicted of the murder of his wife Sarah Ann Eayres 53 and sentenced to death. He cut her throat at 4 School Place, Albert Place in Peterborough on 22 August 1914.
Henry Quartley - Parson Street, Porlock: Henry Quartley was convicted of the murder of Henry Pugsley 59 and sentenced to death. He shot him in Parson Street, Porlock on 3 June 1914.
Henry Edward Crout - Port Talbot Docks: Henry Edward Crout was convicted of the manslaughter of Philip William Berrell. He shot him in the guard room of Port Talbot Docks on Saturday 10 October 1914. Philip Berrell was taken to hospital where he died the following night.
Sidney George Clements - 113 Alpha Road, Milwall, London: Sidney Clements was convicted of the murder of his 7 year old step-brother Hubert Herring. He stabbed him in the abdomen with a carving knife on the night of 7 November 1914 and then stole some bank books and fled. He took out some money and went to Southend where he took out some more money and attempted to join the navy. However, he was told that he would require a letter from his father if he wanted to join the navy and so he wrote his stepfather a letter asking for permission, asking his stepfather not to tell the police. However, his stepfather told the police and he was arrested in Southend-on-Sea on 9 November 1914.
Charles Frembd - 44 Harrow Road, Leytonstone, London: Charles Frembd was convicted of the murder of his wife Louisa Frembd 52 and sentenced to death. He cut her throat at 44 Harrow Road, Leytonstone, London on 28 August 1914.
Annie Smith - Lambpen, Clipstone, Edwinstowe: Annie Smith murdered her adopted daughter Vera Mary Hill 2 and was sentenced to death but her sentence was respited. She killed her on 3 September 1914. The doctor called at 7am and found Vera Hill dead, having died from the presence of blood on the brain caused by injuries that could have been inflicted with a household brush.
William Archibald Kay - 10 Ernest Street, Toxteth, Liverpool: William Archibald Kay was convicted of the manslaughter of his daughter Mary Jane Kay 7. He had had an argument with his wife and picked up a poker and threw it at her but missed and hit his daughter killing her.
John Fraser - Albert Terrace, Union Street, Bedford: John Fraser was convicted of the manslaughter of Arthur Charker. They were both privates in the 4th Cameron Highlanders and had been billeted together at a house in Albert Terrace in Bedford and had been on friendly terms.
Orlando Edgar Miller - Spring Grove House, Isleworth: Orlando Edgar Miller was convicted of the manslaughter of Kate Addison Scott. Kate Scott had lived in Cambridge Road, Hyde Park and had suffered from paralysis for the previous fifteen years and, after being to a lecture held by Orlando Miller, she went to his nursing home, Spring Grove House in Isleworth, paying five guineas a week to see if he could cure her. Kate Scott was described as an elderly lady.
William George Cox - Red Lion, Godmanchester: William George Cox was convicted of the manslaughter of Bridget MacFarland. They had lived together for some years but travelled the country.
Eleanor Benniti - Notting Dale : Eleanor Benniti was convicted of the manslaughter of her two-year-old child Michael Stephen Benniti. She strangled him with a piece of calico.
Tom Gilbert - Little Kimble, Buckinghamshire: Tom Gilbert was convicted of the murder of Charles Thomas Busby 27 and Walter Tucker 26 and sentenced to death but reprieved. He killed them in a platelayer's hut on 29 August 1914.
Evan Davies - Heyworth Road, Forest Gate: Evan Davies was found guilty but insane for the murder of his 58-year-old wife Sarah Jane Davies. He shot her at their home and afterwards gave himself up to the police.
Isabella Christie - 31 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh: Isabella Christie was convicted of the culpable homicide of her seven-week-old illegitimate child. She drowned it in a washing tub at her home at 31 Watson Crescent, Edinburgh.
Donald Lesbini - Fairyland, 92 Tottenham Court Road, London: Donald Lesbini murdered Alice Eliza Storey 27. He shot her at the Fairyland shooting range in Tottenham Court Road, London, after he said she insulted him.
Gustave Adolf Olsson - Shieldhall Wharf, Govan, Glasgow: Gustave Adolf Olsson was convicted of the culpable homicide of his sweetheart 24-year-old Jane Galbraith. He shot her in a lane near Shieldhall Wharf on 3 July 1914.
Percy Evelyn Clifford - 57 North Road, Brighton: Percy Evelyn Clifford was convicted of the murder of his wife Maud Clifford 24 He shot her at a lodging house in Brighton at 57 North Road on 7 April 1914.
Herbert Brooker - Three Bridges, West Sussex: Herbert Brooker was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Ada Stone 29 and sentenced to death. He stabbed her and cut her throat on a train near Three Bridges railway station, West Sussex on 25 April 1914.
Sydney Smith - Liverpool Street Station: Sydney Smith was found guilty but insane for the murder of Joshua De Lara. He shot him outside Liverpool Street Station.
Charles Henry Phipps - unknown: Charles Henry Phipps was found guilty but insane for the murder of his baby daughter.
John Jones - Grapes Hotel, Church Street, Preston: John Jones was convicted for the manslaughter of Mary Jones 26. They had been married for eight months although were unhappy together. They had lived at 11 Back Mill Bank, Preston but had recently moved out and had planned to go to Wales together. However, Mary Jones had instead reverted back to earning her money on the street which angered John Jones and so he cut her throat in the Grapes Hotel on 18 July 1914.
Alfred Law - Granville Street, Birmingham: Alfred Law was convicted of the manslaughter of Thomas Hemming 16. He threw a bottle that hit Thomas Hemming on the head on 21 June 1914.
James Greenley - 5 Salt Avenue, Stafford: James Greenley murdered his wife Annie Sophia Greenley and daughter Wilhelmina Greenley who he shot with a revolver at 7.30am on the Friday morning, 3 April 1914. He was sentenced to death but reprieved. He also assaulted another stepdaughter aged 33 and shot her in the head but she survived. On the night of the murders he awoke his two daughters up who then found that their mother was dead in her bed. He then shot Wilhelmina Greenley and shot the other several times.
John Gerrity - Locomotive Inn, Oldham Road: John Gerrity was convicted of the manslaughter of Ernest Bradbury 42. They had been drinking together in the Locomotive Inn in Oldham Road on 23 June 1914 when an altercation arose, and Ernest Bradbury struck John Gerrity in the face.
Edward George Williams - 11 Lockett Street, Crewe: Edward George Williams was found guilty but insane for the attempted murder of his wife. He shot her five times with a revolver in Crewe on 20 May 1914. However, when he shot her his daughter hit him on the head with a hammer and pulled him away, allowing her mother to run away and saving her life.
James Sampey - Etruria Vale, Hanley: James Sampey was convicted of the manslaughter of Henry Brodigan. James Sampey had been to the Chester races with a friend on 8 May 1914 when he had a dispute with Henry Brodigan and Henry Brodigan's brother at a hotel near the station. They later met on a Liverpool train and had a fight during which James Sampey stabbed Henry Brodigan.
Emily Elizabeth Jane Botting - Fletching : Emily Elizabeth Jane Botting was on trial for the murder of her child Doris Violet Botting but was found to be insane. She drowned her in a pond at Fletching in Sussex on 7 May 1914.
Eliza Reeves - Knowsley Farm, Chelford, Macclesfield: Eliza Reeves was convicted of the murder of her husband William Reeves 66 and was sentenced to death but reprieved. They lived unhappily together and on the night of the murder had been quarrelling. She killed him with an axe and a knife as he sat in an armchair.
Thomas Campbell - Louth, Lincolnshire: Thomas Campbell was convicted of the manslaughter of Thomas Duffy 25. Thomas Campbell had been playing pitch-and-toss for halfpence with a number of other people, including his younger brother and Thomas Duffy.
William Hill - 12 Lawrence Road, South Norwood: William Hill was convicted of the attempted murder of a cook. He broke into a house at 12 Lawrence Road, South Norwood on 30 March 1914 where he helped himself to beer and food.
Charles William Maggs - Easton: Charles William Maggs was convicted of the attempted murder of his wife. He shot her in the street.
Annie Galbraith - No.4 Female Dormitory, 1 Villa, Stoneyetts Epileptic Colony, Chryston, Glasgow: Annie Galbraith tried for the murder of Jane Fyic but was found to be insane. Annie Galbraith was an inmate of Woodilee Asylum in Lenzie.
Albert Dibb - Wimbledon: Albert Dibb was found guilty of the murder of his 2-year-old daughter but insane. He cut her throat and then attempted suicide.
William Charles Barnham - Chatham, Kent: William Charles Barnham was convicted of the manslaughter of his wife Annie Elizabeth Barnham. He said that Annie Barnham came home drunk on 4 May 1914 and that he didn't strike her and that she must have committed suicide.
John Ralston Barr - Smithston Poorhouse and Asylum, Greenock: John Ralston Barr was on trial for the murder of William Reid but was found to have been insane. They were both inmates at the Smithston Poorhouse and Asylum in Greenock.
William Hearne Pitcher - 24 Seafield Road, Ramsgate, Kent: William Pitcher was convicted of the murder of 63-year-old Sarah Brockman but found to be insane. He murdered her at her house, 24 Seafield Road in Ramsgate, on 18 February 1914. She was found dead in a room on a bed in a peculiar position with her legs over the side of the bed and with her hands tied securely together.
John Frederick Houghton - Whatton-in-the-Vale, Nottinghamshire: John Frederick Houghton was found guilty but insane for the murder of his father William Houghton 61 and his brother Jasper Arthur Houghton 20. He shot them both on 7 February 1914 at their house.
Walter James White - Goddard Arms Hotel, Swindon: Walter James White was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Frances Priscilla Hunter 24 and sentenced to death. He cut her throat at the Goddard Arms Hotel in Swindon on 29 April 1914.
Philip Baker - London: Philip Baker was convicted of the manslaughter of 22-year-old James Daysh. He stabbed him with a knife outside a garage.
George Cain - Upper Frederick Street, Liverpool: George Cain was convicted of wounding with intent to commit murder of a woman. He attacked her in a house in Upper Frederick Street, inflicting severe injuries on her neck and to the back of her head.
Joseph Spooner - 64 Oliver Street, Liverpool: Joseph Spooner was convicted of the murder of his three-year-old daughter Elizabeth Alice Spooner and sentenced to death. He cut her throat at the rear of 64 Oliver Street in Liverpool on 26 February 1914 and she died in hospital the following day, 27 February 1914.
Frances Canavan - Cook Street, St Helens: Frances Canavan was convicted for the manslaughter of her mother-in-law Mary Connolly 58. She had had a domestic squabble on Easter Sunday, 12 April 1914, with her sister arising out of politics and picked up a plate of saucer and thrown it at her but it hit Mary Connolly on the head causing a head injury.
Margaret Mitchell Shaw - Dunnikier Estate, Kirkcaldy : Margaret Mitchell Shaw was convicted of the culpable homicide of her infant child Alexander Mitchell Shaw. She threw him into a ditch on the Dunnikier Estate in Kirkcaldy on 23 February 1914, fracturing its skull.
Alberto dOliveira Coelho - British Ship Deseado, South Atlantic: Alberto Coelho was convicted of the murder of his wife Josephina Gesus Duelhas Coelho on the British ship Deseado whilst on route from Liverpool and Lisbon to Rio. He shot her on 7 February 1914. He was convicted of murder and sentenced to death but reprieved. They were passengers on a Royal Mail steamer, the Deseado about 172 miles off Rio. He went into the social hall with an automatic pistol and standing to the side of a table he shot her while she was standing on the other side.
Edward Bryan - 26 Portland Street, City, Glasgow : Edward Bryan was convicted of the culpable homicide of his wife Mary Bryan. He dashed her head on the floor and kicked and struck her on the head. The charge against him stated that in his house at 26 Portland Street on 31 January 1914, that he assaulted Mary Bryan, his wife, by throwing her down, repeatedly dashing her head on the floor, kicking her, and striking her on the head and body with a blunt instrument, in consequence of which she died the next day in the Royal Infirmary.
Marjory Ann Ritchie Stuart - Lochhead Farm, Banchory Ternan, Kincardine: Marjory Ann Ritchie Stuart was convicted of the culpable homicide of her new-born female child. She gave birth to the child on 13 or 14 January 1914 at Lochhead Farm in Banchory Ternan, and then strangled her.
James Allan - Bay Horse Close, 167 High Street, Dumfries: James Allan was convicted of the attempted murder of a man and a woman. James Allan was a blacksmith and had become jealous over the man's relationship with the woman. It was heard that there had been a dispute between James Allan and the man regarding their relations with the woman. The man and woman were both millworkers and the woman was already married
Archibald Christopher Triggs - 127 Pelly Road, Plaistow: Archibald Christopher Triggs was convicted of the manslaughter of Alice Amelia Hansen 21. He performed an illegal operation on her.
Harry Morris Bromberg - 50 Maydwell Street, Albany Road, Camberwell: Harry Bromberg was found guilty but insane for the murder of his wife Esther Bromberg. He struck her about the head with a flat iron, killing her.
George Broadhead - Price Street, Birmingham: George Broadhead was convicted of the manslaughter of Edward Cummings 19 who he hit on the head with a cane in the Black Horse pub on Price Street, Birmingham on 22 February 1914. Edward Cummings had gone to the pub with some friends around 9pm and was sitting in the smoke room with them drinking.
Robert Upton - 42 Stanley Street, Jarrow-on-Tyne: Robert Upton was convicted of the murder of Charles Gribben 64 and sentenced to death. He cut his throat at 42 Stanley Street in Jarrow on 21 December 1913.
Maurice Swift - 106 Trafalgar Street, Sheffield: Maurice Swift was found guilty but insane for the murder of Clara Wilkinson 54. At his trial it was heard that Maurice Swift's favourite pastime was to watch the killing at a slaughterhouse and that he had also recently been convicted for skinning cats alive.
Eleanor Hume - Imperial Hotel, Temple Street, Birmingham: Eleanor Hume was convicted of the manslaughter of Helen Elizabeth Dark 38 who she killed on 5 December 1913. The court heard that Eleanor Hume went to the Imperial Hotel where Helen Dark was staying and went into her room. The maid said that she heard some groans of a person in pain and that Eleanor Hume then said to her, 'My friend has fainted. Will you help me put her on the bed'. Eleanor Hume then said she would phone her friends and although there was a phone in the hotel she went outside and went home.
Edgar Lewis George Bindon - Cowbridge Road, Cardiff: Edgar Lewis George Bindon was convicted of the murder of his girlfriend Maud Mulholland 21 and sentenced to death. He shot her in Cowbridge Road, Cardiff on 9 November 1913.
James Honeyands - Courtney Arms, Courtney Street, Plymouth: James Honeyands was convicted of the murder of Amelia Bradfield 18 and sentenced to death. He shot her outside the Courtney Arms public house in Courtney Street, Plymouth on 18 October 1913 and she died ten days later on 28 October 1913.
Vincent Sobrido Martinez - Wenceslas, Cardiff Dock, Cardiff: Vincent Martinez was convicted of the manslaughter of Manuel Lopez Fernandez. He was sentenced to 4 months hard labour. Manuel Fernandez often bullied Vincent Martinez. When Manuel Fernandez hit him with a stick on 3 February 1914 Vincent Martinez stabbed him twice.
Josiah Davies - 9 Middle Cross Street, Wolverhampton: Josiah Davies murdered his landlady Martha Hodgkins 54 who he strangled at 9 Middle Cross Street, Wolverhampton on 4 November 1913. Josiah Davies was a lodger at 9 Middle Cross Street and had been an unemployed ironworker since August 1913 and had little money and had fallen behind with his rent. On 4 November he got up early and made the fire and prepared the breakfasts for the other men that lived in the house before they went off for work which was unusual as he tended to sleep in late because he was unemployed. After they left for work at some point he took Martha Hodgkins who was in bed a cup of tea and strangled her with a silk and stole the money from her purse.
Julia Decies - West Kensington Mansions, North End Road, West Kensington, London: Julia Decies was convicted of the attempted murder of a man She shot him with a revolver and attempted to cut his throat with a knife in the early hours of 15 January 1914.
Mary Dockerty - 13 Edward Street, South Shields: Mary Dockerty was convicted of the manslaughter of her husband George William Dockerty. Mary Dockerty said that George Dockerty had inflicted a number of injuries on her previously and that on the night that she killed him he had thrown a boot at her and said that she thought that he was going to ill-use her again and so she seized his wrists, pushed him away and threw her weight at him. She said that George Dockerty then left the room without making a noise and that soon after she heard him cry out from the kitchen and then realised that something had happened and ran down to see. It was later found that he had been stabbed.
John William Prince - Winsford, Cheshire: John William Prince was convicted of the attempted murder of a 15-year-old girl. The girl had been riding home on the night of 12 January 1914 when John Prince struck her over the head with an iron bar causing her to fall off her bicycle. She then ran off, but John Prince chased her and hit her several more times over the head and pushed her towards a pit where he attempted to assault her. However, she managed to struggle through a fence and ran off home, carrying clothing that John Prince had torn from her.
George Ball - 86 Old Hall Street, Liverpool: George Ball murdered Christina Catherine Bradfield 40 who he battered to death at 86 Old Hall Street, Liverpool on 10 December 1913. George Ball was employed as a packer by Christina Bradfield's brother. On 10 December 1913 he beat her about the head with a marlin spike that he used for his work and then, with the help of an accomplice, an 18 year old cart boy with the company, he trussed her up in a sack and dumped her in a nearby canal.
Susan McElroy - Blochairn Cottages, Blochairn Road, Glasgow: Susan McElroy was convicted of the culpable homicide of her husband Andrew McElroy. She hit him on the head, face and body with a pair of tongs at their home on 2 or 3 January 1914.
Robert Bernard Glover Harvey - Bloxwich: Robert Bernard Glover Harvey was convicted of the manslaughter of Walter Jenkinson. They had a quarrel in Bloxwich on 10 January 1914.
George Clevett - Old Kent Road, London: George Clevett was convicted of the manslaughter of two men. He had been driving a brewer's motor-lorry along the Old Kent Road on the night of 2 December 1913 at excessive speed when he skidded into the pavement and hit the men. He also injured another person.
Ernest Smith - 23 John Street, Ancoats: Ernest Smith was convicted of the manslaughter of Harry Hammond 44. Ernest Smith hit Harry Hammond with a poker after he was told that his mother had been assaulted in Harry Hammond's room. Harry Hammond died seven days later.
Charles Longmore - 63 Balls Street, Walsall: Charles Longmore was convicted of the murder of his wife Sarah Ann Longmore 52 and sentenced to death but reprieved. The court heard that Charles Longmore had previously said that if his wife got drunk again, he would cut her throat.
Daniel James Palmer - Sutton Wharf, Plymouth: Daniel James Palmer was convicted of the manslaughter of Annie Keshane 42. He pushed her into the wharf on 8 December 1914 after they had both been out drinking. It was said that Daniel Palmer was not drunk but had been drinking whilst Annie Keshane was very drunk.
Kate Smith - Cartref, The Avenue, Crowthorne, Berkshire: Kate Smith was convicted of the manslaughter of her new-born child. She was a domestic servant in service in Crowthorne and gave birth to a male child on 8 November 1913 in the lavatory. Afterwards she took the dead child back to her bedroom which she shared with another maidservant and put it in a basin and went to bet with her roommate.
Robert Connelly - Craigneuk Street, Wishaw: Robert Connelly was convicted of the culpable homicide of Ellen Murphy 11. He knocked her over with his motor car whilst driving too fast in Craigneuk Street in Wishaw on 18 November 1913.
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