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Madeleine Smith & The Dangerous Game of Dating in the 19th Century

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The Trial of Madeline - A Case Study

A diary of sorts was shown to the court that a mill had begun keeping in his notebook from the 11th of February each entry detailed his engagements with either a person named only M or Mimi both of which were madeline. The defense launched their own case on July the 3rd the fourth day of the trial and focused fairly heavily on calling witnesses who could paint a mill as a bit of a ladies man a player who had toyed with the affections of several women at the same time. They impressed fairly heavily that madeline did not even have a reason to kill a meal as his death would only have led to their letters becoming found and their relationship eventually exposed it was a strong

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