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William Herbert Wallace (29 August 1878 – 26 February 1933) was an Englishman convicted in 1931 of the murder of his wife, Julia, in their home in Wolverton Street in Liverpool's Anfield district. Wallace's conviction was later overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeal , the first instance in British legal history where an appeal had been ...
R v Wallace (1931) 23 Cr App R 32 is a leading English criminal case, the first time a conviction for murder was overturned on the ground that the verdict "cannot be supported, having regard to the evidence", as provided for by Section 4(1) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907. The headnote states: "The Court will quash a conviction founded on mere ...
Liverpool housewife Julia Wallace was murdered on 20 January 1931. [89] Her husband, William Herbert Wallace, was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, but the verdict was overturned on appeal, [90] the first such instance in British legal history. The chess-like quality of the puzzle has attracted a host of crime writers.
Henry Wallace killed 11 women – 10 of them in Charlotte – from 1990 to 1994.
Kent Police’s Tom Richards urged people to be “aware of their surroundings” as he refused to rule out she was killed by a stranger.
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Julia Nannie Wallace OBE (21 December 1907 – 12 December 1991) was a notable New Zealand teacher, principal, community leader and local politician. She was born in La Crosse , Wisconsin , United States in 1907.
The trial was moved to Green Cove Springs due in part to pre-trial publicity.