John Selby Watson
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John Selby Watson
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The Reverend John Selby Watson was a British classical translator and murderer. He was sentenced to death in 1872 for killing his wife, but a public outcry led to his sentence being reduced to life imprisonment. The case is notable for Watson's use of a plea of insanity as his defence, bringing "the insanity defense into perhaps its greatest prominence since M'Naghten."
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British clergyman, classical translator and murderer (1804–1884)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Selby_Watson
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2022-11-02T10:38:06Z
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