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Title: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: lasswade on Monday 29 July 24 04:32 BST (UK)

Dear researchers,

I would like to know if records of this court case are available...

In 1916, a chemist accidentally dispensed poison and as a result, my grandmother and another woman died.

I know there was no imprisonment and the incident was considered an accident, but i would still like to read the record, if that is possible.

Thanks,

Bea.

Title: Re: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: mckha489 on Monday 29 July 24 06:30 BST (UK)

I presume you have read the newspaper accounts?  They are probably as full a record as you could expect to get. I think.

Title: Re: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: lasswade on Monday 29 July 24 06:34 BST (UK)

Thanks, yes I read the account in the Times, it only mentioned the decision at the end of the article, and then briefly.

Thanks for the response. Bea

Title: Re: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: mckha489 on Monday 29 July 24 06:39 BST (UK)

There are a lot. Some more detailed. Such as

Title: Re: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: mckha489 on Monday 29 July 24 06:42 BST (UK)

And this one

Title: Re: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: lasswade on Monday 29 July 24 08:14 BST (UK)

More thanks offered. The second account reports directly on the inquest, and the three articles I have read are all similar.

My mother and her siblings were young and so protected from the details. I am glad to have finally discovered what happened.

Bea.

Title: Re: court records, 1916, poisoning at Kensington
Post by: louisa maud on Tuesday 30 July 24 21:54 BST (UK)

Are you by any chance chasing the Coveney family, ?.

Louisa Maud