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I have just published a book about James Crowley of Spernall in who was in dispute with his father William Crowley. William was so afraid of his son's violent outbursts that he hired a special constable to protect him. On Christmas day, 1842 James shot and killed the special constable.
The book should appeal to anyone interested in the Crowley Families, Victorian history, or real crime stories. It is available from Amazon or the Lulu,com bookshop.
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I have a copy of a will of one of my ancestors dated 21 February 1609/10. He died in Tilbury juxta Clare in Essex and he made his will on his death bed. One of the witnesses was the minister of Sapworde (or something similar - see attachment). Have I deciphered the place correctly? Whatever the name of the place, does anyone know where it is? I cannot find any references but I assume that it is near to Tilbury.
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I am trying to locate a copy of a book published by William Rose of Warwick in 1845 titled
"A correct report of the trial, affidavits, etc, of the late James Crowley; together with several affecting letters and other writings, printed from his own manuscripts." The only reference that I have found is in the catalogue of the Shakespeare Archives in Stratford upon Avon but they are unable to locate the physical document (it appears to have been mislaid!). Does anyone know of a copy anywhere else, perhaps in a private library?
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Thanks for the replies. I have looked at the old bailey site but there are no overall statistics regarding the length of trials. As you say, times vary quite a bit and I know that most trials are very short. Given the evidence that was heard at the case I'm investigating, the time seems reasonable.
I don't think the issue was a miscarriage of justice. The evidence of the killings was not in doubt. It was more an issue as to whether it was manslaughter or murder, or whether the defendant was insane.
I think that the defendant's gripe was that his defence counsel did not question the prosecution witnesses

Thanks for the reply John915. I believe that my great-aunt worked for 12 weeks per year (3 weeks at Easter, 3 weeks at Christmas, and 6 weeks in the summer although the record is a bit ambiguous in that respect). If it is 12  weeks and the 504 hours is per year rather than per month, that works out to a reasonable 42 hours a week. It probably doesn't matter as she was an unpaid volunteer and, no doubt, like other nurses at the hospital, she wouldn't have "clock-watched" if she was needed to help out.