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Madeleine Hamilton SMITH

Madeleine Smith

Madeleine Smith, accused poisoner.
From: "A Complete Report of the Trial of Miss Madeline Smith", 1857.

Madeleine Smith

A sketch of the trial proceedings against Smith.

Another court artist's depiction of the trial of Madeleine Smith.
(Photograph courtesy of David Warrilow © David Warrilow 1998)

A key element in the trial was the chronology of Madeleine's letters to L'Angelier. This was
established not from the letters themselves, which were undated, but by the post-marks.

The victim

Pierre Emile L'Angelier, 33

(Image courtesy of Martha and Steven Boyd / Photographed from the original by Steven Boyd)