19 November

Palmer settles Cook's bets in London and that evening obtains strychnine in Rugeley.

William Palmer Executed

A Staffordshire doctor deep in racing debts, a friend's winnings at Shrewsbury, and a strychnine trial moved to London by Act of Parliament.

As "John Ward" he is convicted at the Old Bailey of attempted murder and sentenced to life.

Charles Peace Executed

A limping Sheffield burglar shot two men, let an innocent one take the blame, and lived as a respectable gentleman in Peckham until a Blackheath break-in.