Throughout the month of October, The British Newspaper Archive will take a closer look at stories of crime, courts, and punishment in the papers. We have pulled together some headlines from the month of October including a riot, a case of arsenic poisoning, a couple of London’s notorious criminals, and a political crime. Register now! 4 October 1936 The Battle of Cable Street took place in London’s East End on the day of a scheduled march by Oswald Mosley’s right wing …
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“Patriotism is not enough, I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone” – Edith Cavell The English nurse, Edith Cavell, was executed by a German firing squad on 12 October 1915 – she was 49. A German military court found her guilty of treason, after she had helped Allied soldiers escape from Belgium, which had been occupied by the Germans. Included below are three newspaper stories from October 1915 that report on the execution of Nurse Cavell. Western Daily Press – …