DESCRIPTION:
PLEASE LISTEN TO ‘SEASON 8 - EPISODE 40’ FOR PART ONE OF THIS TWO-PART CASE. Six months after the murder of 54-year-old widow Beatrice Alice Rimmer in the hallway of her Liverpool home, two young men from Manchester were facing the possibility of being executed. The prosecution's case was based on the evidence of informants who claimed to have seen Edward Devlin and Alfred Burns in the area at the time the crime was committed, and some alleged to have heard them plan a break-in at the victim’s home. After a week of legal proceedings, the accused were given the chance to plead their case and try to prove their innocence... (Part 2 of 2).
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This episode was researched and written by Eileen Macfarlane.
Edited by Joel Porter at Dot Dot Dot Productions.
Script editing, additional writing, illustrations and production direction by Rosanna Fitton
Narration, editing assistance, additional writing, and production direction by Benjamin Fitton.
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MUSIC:
Altered Fate by Cody Martin
Crooked Man by Wicked Cinema
Season of Hope by Shimmer
Distances by Salon Dijon
Steadfast by Moments
Cocoon of Light by Phillip Mount
Mists Of Yunnan by David Thulin
Mind Over Matter by Chelsea McGough
Mighty Hand by Stephen Keech
Venturers Call by Lincoln Davis
Dystopia by Ian Kelosky
The Arctic by Gold Coast
Ripley by Falls
Strangers by Craig Allen Fravel
Negative Thoughts by Craig Allen Fravel
Playing Games by Cody Martin
Intercept by Cody Martin
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REFERENCES:
COURT & LEGAL DOCUMENTS / ANCESTRY
https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1952/may/08/powers-of-court-of-criminal-appeal
https://academic.oup.com/book/2555/chapter-abstract/142874368?redirectedFrom=fulltext
https://justis.vlex.com/#search/jurisdiction:IE,GB/R+v+George+Kelly+and+Charles+Connolly/vid/r-v-george-kelly-793419369
1950 Index of Wills - https://www.ancestry.co.uk/discoveryui-content/view/14069006:1904?tid=&pid=&queryId=9403c46366625c0122b745c9f1bbfc89&_phsrc=vdm55&_phstart=successSource
NEWSPAPER ARCHIVE
Liverpool Daily Post
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Liverpool Echo
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NEWSBANK
Liverpool Echo (England), August 5, 2004
Liverpool Echo (England), April 10, 2008
Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), February 7, 2016
Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), February 27, 2018
Liverpool Echo (England), May 15, 2018
Manchester Evening News: Web Edition Articles (England), March 9, 2019
Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), November 10, 2021
Liverpool Echo: Web Edition Articles (England), October 30, 2022
BOOKS
Murderers or Martyrs by George Skelly
The Hangman’s Tale: Memoirs of a public executioner by Syd Dernley