Trial of Harold Greenwood
By: edited by Winifred Duke.
Contributors: Duke, Winifred, ed.; Great Britain. Courts of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery.
Series: Notable British trials
Publisher: W. Hodge & company, limited
Published: 1930
Place of publication: Edinburgh; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 347
Subjects: Greenwood, Mabel (Bowater) 1872-1919
Description: "Harold Greenwood, a Llanelly solicitor, was charged with having poisoned his wife. At the time of her death the Greenwoods were living together at Rumsey House, Kidwelly, an eminently respectable and apparently happily married couple. In the early morning of 16th June, 1919, Mrs. Greenwood died suddenly after a few hours' illness. Her doctor granted a certificate to the effect that death was due to valvular disease of the heart, and she was buried in Kidwelly churchyard. This lengthy and extraordinary case began some months later, when, following upon sinister village gossip chiefly aroused by Greenwood's second marriage, the police instituted enquiries into his first wife's death. Her body was exhumed, and an expert's examination revealed the presence of a small quantity of arsenic in the organs. Greenwood was then arrested. His trial lasted for seven days, and terminated in a verdict of 'Not Guilty.'"
Notes: Trial within the Guildhall, Carmarthen, Carmarthen assizes, November, 1920, for the murder of his wife, Mabel Greenwood.
Appendices: I. The coroner's inquest.--II. Police court proceedings.--III. List of exhibits.--IV. Interviews with Mr. Greenwood.--V. Brief account of judge and counsel.--VI. List of jurymen.