help trying to find info on murder - manslaughter 1873

[lisa disley]

hello trying to find info on a murder in wigan 16th April 1873 robert disley  and robert brown charged with murder of Elizabeth Taylor scholes any help would be great thank you lisa

[stanmapstone]

There are numerous newspaper reports at the time.

Stan

[Claire64]

Newspapers for sure, but make sure you read the different papers - sometimes you'd think the reporters attended different trials, so much do they differ in what they report.  My own research has shown that the Sheffield Daily Telegraph and Sheffield Independent wildly differ, on occasion, in the facts they report. 

[lisa disley]

seen paper reports at the time  wandering how i find out out come of the trial thank lisa i not there were remanded to kirkdale goal

[stanmapstone]

The Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 26 April 1873 reports that James Hilton, Warrington Lane Wigan was charged with the manslaughter of Elizabeth Taylor, so Robert Disley  and Robert Brown were not responsible.

Stan

[Claire64]

I've always found the outcome of any trial in the newspapers.  Also found references to people in the criminal registers etc on Ancestry.  In fact I am just wading through them now; the man who almost killed a relative here in Yorkshire spent 20 years in prison on the Isle of Wight, was released, and re-offended regularly until he was "presumed dead".  So much info out there these days.  Sometimes these criminal records state the outcome of a trial too.

[stanmapstone]

From the  Wigan Observer and District Advertiser 18 April 1873

Stan

[lisa disley]

stan does that mean they were both realised thanks lisa 

[lisa disley]

thank you everyone  x