The Hammersmith Ghost
Criminal
Smith's Defense of Justifiable Homicide
Francis Smith thought he was shooting at a specter when he killed Millwood. It is not against the law to hunt ghosts or attempt to kill them in Britain. The attitude very much of the law in the 18th century was that where there was death, there was someone to blame. Man slaughter because he wasn't trying to actually kill an individual.
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