Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph played a part in the apprehension of the murderer John Tawell.
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Murder suspect John Tawell was apprehended following the use of a needle telegraph message from Slough to Paddington on 1 January 1845.
In 1814 Tawell forged a £10 note from Smith's Bank, a capital offence, for which he was sentenced to death.
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