tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post179171334616611472..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: Was Madeleine Smith guilty as charged? - by Ann SwinfenMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-41920399045458418392017-08-09T02:36:20.586+01:002017-08-09T02:36:20.586+01:00The victim did not have color from the arsenic in ...The victim did not have color from the arsenic in his system. That alone made me believe that she was innocent. Why would she murder him if he still had her letters in his possession. I say she was innocent. tinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04923396839368094120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-34489313580688354662016-01-21T01:56:28.711+00:002016-01-21T01:56:28.711+00:00Ha! New evidence? I think the sailor knew he'd...Ha! New evidence? I think the sailor knew he'd get money for this eyewitness story. Twenty guineas was about a year's middle class salary. Other evidence seems to point to her lover trying to frame her for murder. No matter what, legally there was no case for conviction.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18235667616157872928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6161753692000623422016-01-20T18:30:22.129+00:002016-01-20T18:30:22.129+00:00I'm opposed to the death penalty, too, but Mr ...I'm opposed to the death penalty, too, but Mr L'Anglier does seem to have got a rough deal. <br />I belive that she did later marry, but not Mr Minnock. I think she may have been married more than once, but I'm not sure what became of her husbands!Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09234975039675044712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-7987808039564087382016-01-20T18:29:42.291+00:002016-01-20T18:29:42.291+00:00No doubt they believed L'Angelier was a "...No doubt they believed L'Angelier was a "bounder" in the parlance of the time, for seducing this sweet young thing!! I'm not sure how happy the relationship was. She certainly wanted to end it when a better offer came along. She was clearly a consummate actress, though the jury wasn't entirely taken in, or they would have found her Not Guilty. No, she didn't marry Minnock. I expect he felt he had a lucky escape. She did later marry, though it wasn't a success. She lived into her 90s. In fact arsenic was used as a cosmetic, as was white lead (at any rate in Tudor times). The things women have endured as cosmetics!Ann Swinfenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168095839845563846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-73802245402740748772016-01-20T12:21:47.420+00:002016-01-20T12:21:47.420+00:00I am completely opposed to the death penalty, but ...I am completely opposed to the death penalty, but poor Mr L'Angelier - did the judge and jury not also think of their own brothers and sons? Perhaps a judge might not manage to class leap, but what class were the jury? It seems that for a while Smith and L'Angelier were happy lovers, and even a (possible) blackmailer, did not deserve this end. Did she ever become Mrs Minnock? Great story, thank you, and the whole buying arsenic for your make-up is wonderful!<br />Clare Mulleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11592100764046914574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-60382339948199568402016-01-20T12:13:34.272+00:002016-01-20T12:13:34.272+00:00Yes, personally I think she was guilty, particular...Yes, personally I think she was guilty, particularly in the light of the new evidence from the Moncreiff family. But I agree - I would hate to be a judge, or even sit on a jury.Ann Swinfenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08168095839845563846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-6575539545032659542016-01-20T10:49:04.488+00:002016-01-20T10:49:04.488+00:00I hadn't heard about this before. It's a d...I hadn't heard about this before. It's a difficult one, isn't it? Obviously she was guilty - but should she have hung? Hm... I could never be a judge!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com