Trial of Robert Handcock for the murder of his wife Philippa Handcock, at the Devon Winter Assize, before Mr Baron Parke, Dec. 10th, 1855 : plea of insanity / [reported by] J.C.B. [i.e. John Charles Bucknill].

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Handcock, Philippa.

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Trial of Robert Handcock for the murder of his wife Philippa Handcock, at the Devon Winter Assize, before Mr Baron Parke, Dec. 10th, 1855 : plea of insanity / [reported by] J.C.B. [i.e. John Charles Bucknill].