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Samuel Arundel
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Witness statements in trial for murder: William Lee: "I am a prisoner in the New prison, Clerkenwell, charged with felony... On Saturday, there was a talk about clubbing for a newspaper; he said he would not be one; but we joined, and had a paper between us -I was present after chapel; the prisoner [Birmingham] was lying on the bed; Arundel came running up with the paper, and said, 'Birmingham, here is your case in the paper, I will read it to you'..." Samuel Arundel: "I come from the New Prison, Clerkenwell... on Sunday morning, the 17th, he [Birmingham] was lying on the bed, when the newspaper was brought it -having it in my hand, I offered to read the article respecting the Kensington murder; he seemed not at all willing, but rather rejected it -I began to read, and after reading a few lines a stranger entered the room; Birmingham at that moment became alarmed..."