Saturday, March 1, 2025

Infanticide: Elinor Hadley (Williams) Murders her newborn

On March 2, 1739, Elinor Hadley was a single woman who gave birth to a boy in the Parish of St. Peter in Carmarthen, Wales. She would assault the child violently on the right side of his head killing him instantly. 
She would go to trial and found guilty of murder. On May 26th she would be executed at a spot near the town railway station in Carmarthenshire.

Elinor's last name may have been Williams and Hadley was an alias.

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