Episode 254: The Erdington Murders
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The Trial by Battle
The case actually made legal history because trials by battle, like they don't even know if they actually ever happened before this. William Ashford was vehemently opposed to this whole trial by combat thing and he refused to take part in this tomfoolery. The decision when then went back to Lord Ellenborough who said that Abraham Thornton was free to go. He was not guilty of the murder of Mary Ashford. So basically like William just like forfeited and then because of that, Thornton was able to walk free. It's my favorite. I literally said that later. Literally Game of Thrones it is.
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