Date:1860 - 1865 (c.)
Description:This man, named Poole, was murdered by George Bentley in 1866. The two men stopped for a drink at the inn at Offley Brook. Poole paid with a sovereign. They continued walking to Eccleshall. Poole fell asleep by the side of the road, and as he slept Bentley murdered him for the rest of the sovereign and his boots. Bentley was apprehended in Eccleshall. He was convicted of Poole's murder and hanged in Stafford on 27 March 1866.
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A broadsheet detailing the trial and execution of George Bentley of Mill Meece, near Eccleshall. Bentley ...
This man, named Poole, was murdered by George Bentley in 1866. The two men stopped for a drink at the ...
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Donor ref:William Salt Library No., Stafford 25N, img: 2271 (18/2671)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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