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Defendant: STANLEY, Matilda Lavinia. Charge: Libel. Session: September 1906 For further...
Catalogue reference: CRIM 1/103/7
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Defendant: STANLEY, Matilda Lavinia. Charge: Libel.
Session: September 1906
For further papers, see CRIM 1/678, CRIM 1/679, CRIM 1/680, CRIM 1/681 and CRIM 1/682
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Defendant: STANLEY, Matilda Lavinia. Charge: Libel. Session: September 1906 For further...
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