Ruth Ellis’s Suit
On 10 April 1955 Ruth Ellis shot and killed her lover outside a north London pub. She was arrested on the spot and tried for murder in the Number One Court at the Old Bailey; her highly publicised trial was short, and the jury took just over twenty minutes to reach a guilty verdict. She was executed...
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| Language: | English |
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Yale University
2021-11-01
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| Series: | British Art Studies |
| Online Access: | https://britishartstudies.ac.uk/issues/issue-index/issue-21/ruth-ellis-suit |