Description:This medical instrument case once belonged to Dr. William Palmer, born in Rugeley on 6th August 1824, who was hanged at Stafford 14th June 1856. Christened by the Newspapers as "The Rugeley Poisoner" and "The Prince of Poisoners". It was presented to the William Salt Library in about 1940 by a relative of the Wiles family who ran a tobacconists shop in Market Square, Stafford.
Photographer: Peter Rogers of Mill Street, Stafford.