Death in the Beaufort Arms
Season: 7 Episode: 13
On Saturday 20 July 1878, an ordinary evening at the Beaufort Arms in Barton Hill, Bristol, turned deadly, when a gathering of local workers, including Alfred Theophilus Freeguard and Frank Ferris, erupted into violence.
CAST
Edwin Jones - Simon Criddle
Frank Ferris - Jon Locke
Alfred Freeguard - Guy Pass
Witness’s brother - Julian Kendell
John Southall - Steve Sheperd
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SOURCES
Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Tuesday 23 July 1878
Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 25 July 1878
Stroud Journal - Saturday 27 July 1878
The Bristol Mercury and Daily Post, Western Countries and South Wales Advertiser
Thu, Aug 08, 1878 ·Page 3
Devon and Somerset News - Thursday 15 August 1878
Western Daily Press - Saturday 21 September 1878
UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951 for A. T. Frigard
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