Horrible murder at Nantwich : A man named William Sharratt of the above town is charged with the murder of his wife Eliza Sharratt, who was found on Sunday morning lying on the floor strangled; the parties had been quarrelling all night through jealousy, she having once left him to live with another man. He is committed for the above crime.
London : - H. Such, machine printer and publisher. 177, Union Street, Borough,
[1879]
Dated from internal evidence - William Sharratt was charged with the murder of his wife on Friday, April 18th 1879. Information from the 'Times Digital Archive' in an article dated Saturday, April 19, 1879.
First line reads: A story of jealousy and murder.
In two columns.
Tune: - Waggon train.
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