Talk:John Barnard Byles

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Did you know... that after the 1862 trial of poisoner Catherine Wilson, the judge, John Barnard Byles, described her as "the greatest criminal that ever lived"?

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The date when he retired to the privy council must be wrong -- says 1873 and died soon after in 1884, so it should probably be 1883. Don't have time to research this now but someone should. Andropod (talk) 13:19, 15 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]