Accused
Madeleine Smith
- Born
- 29 March 1835
- Died
- 12 April 1928, aged about 93
- Record
- Wikidata Q1883279 · Wikipedia
Accused in The Madeleine Smith Trial
Eldest daughter of the Glasgow architect James Smith. Charged with murder; the jury returned not proven. Later known as Lena Wardle and Lena Sheehy.
1857 · Glasgow, Scotland · Acquitted
A Glasgow architect's daughter, a secret lover, his bundle of letters and three purchases of arsenic. In 1857 the jury said: not proven. Read the case.
Dated events
Madeleine Hamilton Smith is born in Glasgow.
Madeleine Smith makes the first of three recorded purchases of arsenic.
Madeleine Smith is arrested after her letters are found among his belongings.