DFHG Peasenhall Murder

22 December 1866 - Birth of William Gardiner
17 December 1879 - Birth of Rose Harsent
1 June 1902 - Murder of Rose Harsent.
4 June 1902 - Gardiner arrested and remanded in custody by Halesworth Magistrates.
5 June 1902 - Buriel of Rose Harsent in Peasenhall.
19 June 1902 - Gardiner appeared before the Saxmundham Police Court and remanded for a week.
3 July 1902 - Gardiner charged on remand of the murder of Rose Harsent and committed for trial.
6 November 1902 - Gardiner appeared at the start of his first trial at Ipswich Assises.
10 November 1902 - Conclusion of the first trial – no decision so re-trial needed.
21 January 1903 - Commencement of the re-trial.
26 January 1903 - Second trial ended with no result.
29 January 1903 - Treasury solicitor telegraphed that the Crown had entered a nolle prosequi in the case and instructed Gardiner to be released.
30 January 1903 - Gardiner travelled to London on the 1:05 train to Liverpool Street.
6 February 1941 - Burial of William Gardiner

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