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Oscar Joseph SLATER

 
 
 

 

1908: Scotsman Oscar Slater, who was accused of murdering 82 year-old Marion Gilchrist in a
brutal hammer attack in Glasgow, 1909. He was wrongfully convicted and served 18 years
in Peterhead Prison before being released. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

1st May 1909: A courtroom scene during the trial of Oscar Slater. Accused of murdering 82 year-old
Marion Gilchrist in a brutal hammer attack in Glasgow, 1909, he was wrongfully convicted and
served 18 years in Peterhead Prison before being released.
(Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

1st May 1909: The hammer produced in court as evidence in the trial of Oscar Slater.
 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

 

Oscar Slater's business card.

 

 

Oscar Slater's signature on the North Western Hotel's signing in sheet.

 

 

Oscar Slater's indictment.

 

 

Oscar Slater's declaration.

 

 

2nd August 1928: Oscar Slater (1873 - 1948) at Westminster following his release from prison nineteen
years after he was wrongly convicted of murder and freed after widespread protests of injustice.
(Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

 

 

Oscar Slater

 

 

Oscar Slater

 

 

Oscar Slater

 

 

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Oscar Slater

 

 

The victim

 

Marion Gilchrist, 83

 

 

Exterior of Miss Gilchrist's house

 

 

Interior of Miss Gilchrist's house

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Oscar Joseph Slater biography

 

 

 
 
 
 
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