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Vuonna 1804 Lontoon laidalla sijaitsevaa Hammersmithin kylää piinasi huhuttu aave. Tuo yön pimeydessä liikkuva, valkoisiin pukeutunut olento levitti kauhua ja sai kyläläiset perustamaan yöpartioita. Erään yövartijan ratkaisu herätti poikkeuksellisen kysymyksen: jos luulee ampuvansa aaveen, onko kyseessä silti murha? Jakso on tuotettu yksinoikeudella Podmelle. Pääasialliset lähteet: ​The royal prerogative of mercy | Feature | Law Gazette https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/practice-points/the-royal-prerogative-of-mercy/5052062.article Curious Superstitions of the Early 1800s - https://www.geriwalton.com/curious-superstitions-of-early-1800s/ The Morning Chronicle from London, Greater London, England • 3 https://www.newspapers.com/image/394016127/?match=1&terms=%22Francis%20Smith%22%20%2B%20Trial The Hammersmith Ghost | Criminal https://thisiscriminal.com/episode-198-the-hammersmith-ghost-10-7-2022 England and Wales Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) Decisions https://www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWCA/Crim/1983/4.html The Case of a Ghost Haunted England for Over Two Hundred Years | In Custodia Legis https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2015/10/the-case-of-a-ghost-haunted-england-for-over-two-hundred-years/ The Spectre, the Bricklayer, and the Murder: The Hammersmith Ghost and the Curious Legal Status of Belief https://thethreepennyguignol.com/2024/10/21/the-spectre-the-bricklayer-and-the-murder-the-hammersmith-ghost-and-the-curious-legal-status-of-belief/ The Newgate calendar https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3944560&view=1up&seq=279 t18040111-79 | The Proceedings of the Old Bailey https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18040111-79 The Time Someone Shot A Ghost Dead In Hammersmith | Londonist https://londonist.com/london/features/hammersmith-ghost-story-murder A Deadly Scare? The Hammersmith Ghost Murder Case - Historic Mysteries https://www.historicmysteries.com/history/hammersmith-ghost/37316/ The Hammersmith Ghost - A Haunting Tale From 1803. https://www.jack-the-ripper-tour.com/generalnews/the-hammersmith-ghost/ Arne Cheyenne Johnson | Archives & Special Collections https://archives.law.virginia.edu/dengrove/writeup/arne-cheyenne-johnson Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trial_of_Arne_Cheyenne_Johnson 'Who killed you?' The jurors who used a Ouija board to find a murderer guilty - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-05-08/ouija-board-juror-misbehaviour-murder-trials/9734868 6 Times the Paranormal Made It to Court - The Spooky Stuff by Alex Matsuo https://alexmatsuo.com/6-times-the-paranormal-made-it-to-court/ FRANCIS SMITH. Killing; murder. 11th January 1804. https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18040111-79