In 1812, at Hankelow in Cheshire, a servant named John Lomas murdered his master, a prosperous farmer named George Morrey. Lomas had apparently been having an affair with Morrey's wife Edith, and claimed to have carried out the murder on her instruction. Both Lomas and Edith Morrey were subsequently executed, although Morrey's execution was delayed until after the birth of her child, thought to be Lomas's.
In 1812, at Hankelow in Cheshire, a servant named John Lomas murdered his master, a prosperous farmer named George Morrey. Lomas had apparently been having an affair with Morrey's wife Edith, and claimed to have carried out the murder on her instruction. Both Lomas and Edith Morrey were subsequently executed, although Morrey's execution was delayed until after the birth of her child, thought to be Lomas's.