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Infidelity and Murder - the Carew case in Yokohama had both and more - a mysterious former lover; a falsely accused maid; disappearing evidence; and the highest British official in Japan giving evidence against her.
Read MoreOn a very cold winter's night on 1 December 1935, Sergeant Ernest Peters and Probationary Sergeant Ernest Peter were alleged to have thrown a Chinese beggar, Mau Te-Piau, into a freezing river in Shanghai. Peters and Judd admitted that Mau had been in their care - they had picked him up in a police car intending to "deport" him to Chinese territory. They claimed they had placed him on a "beggar boat" that was "about 20 foot long, dilapidated, cloth covered in the centre.” Mau had however been fished out of the river soon after, fighting for his life. He died a few days later in hospital.
Read MoreIs a detective seeing you in a hotel room with your darling in
For most judges in the British and American courts in Shanghai it was, particularly if the divorce was uncontested. They played along with a game that even indirect evidence of adultery would be sufficient to grant a divorce.
Read MoreWhat does a murderess do when she gets out of prison? Edith Carew spent 14 years in prison for poisoning her husband Walter in Yokohama. On her release from HM Prison Aylesbury, she moved to a small village in Wales, Cwm yr Eglwys, with one of her daughters. She called her new home "Penfeidr" or, "end of the road" in Welsh. It was, indeed, the end of the road for her. She stayed in the village for the rest of her life.
Read MoreCurrently practicing as a barrister in Hong Kong.
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