| Description Of Item | Five press cuttings pasted onto a meeting invitation. First press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the trial of a man accused of murder near Aberdeen, who suffers from ‘epileptic fits’ and ‘delusions.’ Second press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the sentencing of the same man accused of murder near Aberdeen. Third press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the murder of the patroness of a boarding school in St. Petersburg by the boarding school pupils. Fourth press cutting from an unknown source describes the murder of a private at the hands of a sergeant at Horfield Barracks, Bristol, England. The fifth press cutting, from an unknown source, describes the acquittal of a woman accused of murdering her former romantic parter in France. From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |