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Frederick Roberts

Age: unknown

Sex: male

Date: 5 Jul 1983

Place: unknown

Man was on trial for his murder but the charges were dropped because he was dying. the term was Nolle Prosequi which means a stay of proceedings and its quite rare.

"Dying man is freed from murder charge." Times [London, England] 5 July 1983: 3. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 31 Mar. 2013.