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Madeleine Smith. Madeleine Hamilton Smith (29 March 1835 – 12 April 1928) was a 19th-century Glasgow socialite who was the accused in a sensational murder trial in Scotland in 1857.
Madeline Smith (born 2 August 1949) is an English actress. After working as a model in the late 1960s, she went on to appear in many television series and stage productions, plus comedy and horror films, in the 1970s and 1980s.
Mar 15, 2024 · By Miss Smith herself. Scottish 'gentlewoman' Madeleine Smith, pictured in 1857, was accused of murdering her former lover, Pierre Emile L'Anglier, by poisoning him with arsenic (Picture:...
Mar 5, 2011 · The question is still debated in Great Britain. Did Madeleine Smith kill her lover Emile L'Angelier on the night of March 23, 1857? Here are the details.
Feb 19, 2022 · The case of 22-year-old socialite Madeleine Smith, charged with poisoning her older French lover, was the scandal of the age. When she strode into the dock at the High Court in Edinburgh in June 1857, she was probably the most notorious woman in Britain, if not the world.
Oct 31, 2021 · If romance and mystery can insure remembrance, the terrible case which was on Thursday concluded at Edinburgh will have an abiding place in the annals of criminal justice. Madeleine Smith, has, after nine days’ trial, been acquitted, and goes forth again free into the world.
Feb 8, 2021 · Investigative journalist Fiona Walker examines the Victorian-era 'trial of the century' in which young socialite Madeleine Smith was accused of murdering her illicit lover, by poisoning him...
Apr 11, 2022 · The case of 22-year-old socialite Madeleine Smith, charged with poisoning her older French lover, was the scandal of the age. When she strode into the dock at the High Court in Edinburgh in June 1857, she was probably the most notorious woman in Britain if not the world.
May 2, 2017 · Madeleine Smith in the dock. She was found Not Proven of murdering her lover Emile L'Angelier in 1857. To her dismay, L’Angelier refused to play ball, threatening instead to forward the letters...
Feb 17, 2005 · Madeleine Smith and her poisonous tale. SEX, BLACKMAIL, poison and death. With this heady mix it is hardly surprising that one of the most enduring murder cases from the past 150 years is the ...
