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Arthur James Petty

Age: 2

Sex: male

Date: 24 Oct 1917

Place: 56 Storrington Head, Wormington Road, North Kensington

Arthur James Petty died from gas poisoning.

His mother was tried for his murder but was found not guilty. At the trial the judge said that he failed to see upon what grounds the jury returned such a verdict.


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see discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk

see National Archives - MEPO 20/1

see Newcastle Journal - Friday 23 November 1917

see Unsolved 1917