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3 unusual facts about John Tawell


Cooke and Wheatstone telegraph

Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph played a part in the apprehension of the murderer John Tawell.

Murder suspect John Tawell was apprehended following the use of a needle telegraph message from Slough to Paddington on 1 January 1845.

John Tawell

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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