The story takes place in a one year time span in 1692, and is based on a true story. Harrison, the accused, maintained that he was playing the card game, 'Penny A Corner', with friends in Chancery Lane, London, on the night of the murder of Doctor Andrew Clenche of Brownlow Street.
Henry Harrison a London gentleman, befriended Mistress Vanwicke, who also knew Doctor Andrew Clenche.
A maid observed that Harrison carried a handkerchief made of a coarse material which she thought was not fitting for a man of his quality and she became suspicious of him, which formed the basis of the accusation against Harrison.
The doctor was murdered and Henry Harrison was accused, thrown into Newgate Prison to await trial, and was then brought before the Old Bailey criminal court in London. (The trial of Henry Harrison appears at the back of the book), courtesy of Old Bailey online.
All evidence at the trial pointed to Harrison, but a second man was still at large. Harrison was tried at the Old Bailey. Evidence used against him was the aforementioned handkerchief.
One of Harrison's crucial witnesses, an apprentice shoemaker, was abducted by three soldiers one evening, after he had given evidence before the trial, to say that he would recognise Harrison by his voice.
Another man, Master Miller, confessed on his deathbed, to his wife, that he had committed the murder of Doctor Clenche, and a second man was arrested and tried at the Old Bailey.
Since a dead man is no evidence the second man was set free. The twist to the story is that two men dressed as soldiers were seen drinking in The Blue Boar tavern, near Chancery Lane, London, on the night of the murder: (one of them was Mr. Miller), who had been absent from the tavern at the time of the murder.
Was Henry Harrison convicted of the Murder of Doctor Andrew Clenche, or was he set free by the Judge and Jurors of The Old Bailey, London?
This book is also on sale under the title, The Innocent Master Harrison, 280 pages.
isbn (13) 978-1456413538, and is also available on Kindle, Amazon.com, and Amazon.co.uk
Henry Harrison a London gentleman, befriended Mistress Vanwicke, who also knew Doctor Andrew Clenche.
A maid observed that Harrison carried a handkerchief made of a coarse material which she thought was not fitting for a man of his quality and she became suspicious of him, which formed the basis of the accusation against Harrison.
The doctor was murdered and Henry Harrison was accused, thrown into Newgate Prison to await trial, and was then brought before the Old Bailey criminal court in London. (The trial of Henry Harrison appears at the back of the book), courtesy of Old Bailey online.
All evidence at the trial pointed to Harrison, but a second man was still at large. Harrison was tried at the Old Bailey. Evidence used against him was the aforementioned handkerchief.
One of Harrison's crucial witnesses, an apprentice shoemaker, was abducted by three soldiers one evening, after he had given evidence before the trial, to say that he would recognise Harrison by his voice.
Another man, Master Miller, confessed on his deathbed, to his wife, that he had committed the murder of Doctor Clenche, and a second man was arrested and tried at the Old Bailey.
Since a dead man is no evidence the second man was set free. The twist to the story is that two men dressed as soldiers were seen drinking in The Blue Boar tavern, near Chancery Lane, London, on the night of the murder: (one of them was Mr. Miller), who had been absent from the tavern at the time of the murder.
Was Henry Harrison convicted of the Murder of Doctor Andrew Clenche, or was he set free by the Judge and Jurors of The Old Bailey, London?
This book is also on sale under the title, The Innocent Master Harrison, 280 pages.
isbn (13) 978-1456413538, and is also available on Kindle, Amazon.com, and Amazon.co.uk
