Held at: | Burney Collection |
Reference: | 17th and 18th Century Newspapers collection |
Source: | Woodfall’s Register |
Title: | Press Cutting: Report of a murder by arsenic in Clodock |
Place name: | Clodock |
Date: | 1790 |
Description:
Report dated April 13th 1790 of the inquisition [inquest] on Ann Jones. The jury returned a verdict of ‘died by poison’, and her husband was committed to jail on a warrant from the coroner on a ‘violent suspicion’ of having administered arsenic.
Observations:
None
Ref: rs_clo_0174