Friday, 1 June 1928: The Dean Forest Guardian reports that A. A. Purcell, Member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean, has started a legal defence fund to enable adequate representation of his impoverished constituent at her upcoming trial for murder.
‘The plight of Mrs. Pace and her children', Purcell is reported as saying, 'had moved him very deeply’
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Monday, 9 July 2012
Today in the Pace case: 9 July
Monday, 9 July 1928: Beatrice’s Member of Parliament, A. A. Purcell, raises a series of questions in Parliament about her treatment and suggests that she should receive compensation. (Click on the link to see the original text of the parliamentary discussion.)
Thursday, 7 June 2012
Today in the Pace case: 7 June
Thursday,
7 June 1928: A. A. Purcell, M.P. for the Forest of Dean, is reported in the Daily Herald as stating he was ‘in touch with a first-class K.C.’,
i.e., ‘King’s Counsel’, to plead Beatrice’s case at her trial.
Friday, 1 June 2012
Today in the Pace case: 1 June
Friday, 1 June 1928: The Dean Forest Guardian reports that A. A. Purcell, Member of Parliament for the Forest of Dean, has started a defence fund to enable adequate representation of his impoverished constituent at her upcoming trial for murder.
‘The plight of Mrs. Pace and her children', Purcell is reported as saying, 'had moved him very deeply’.
‘The plight of Mrs. Pace and her children', Purcell is reported as saying, 'had moved him very deeply’.
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