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1. 1931

   Julia Wallace murderUnsolved Crimes & Disappearances

   The Court of Criminal Appeal quashes the conviction, holding that the verdict “cannot be supported, having regard to the evidence.” Wallace walks free. It is the first time an English murder conviction is set aside on that ground under the Criminal Appeal Act 1907, and the ruling, reported as R v Wallace, becomes a landmark.

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