THE LAST ENGLISH DUEL.
The last duel— tbe last fatal one at least — was fought in a field in Maiden lane, in a solitary part of Holloway, in 1843. Tho district acquired considerable notoriety from the event. It was the duel fonght between Colonel Fawcett and Lieutenant Munro. The former was killed. The duellists were not only brother officers.: they ware also brothers-in-law, ba /tn£ married two sisters. The co'-mer's jury, at tho inquest, returned a verdict of wilful murder, not only against Lieutenant Munro, bnt against tbe seconds also. The latter, however, were acquitted. Muoro evaded the hands of justice by seeking refuge abroad. Four years later ha surrendered to mke his trial at the Old Bailey. He was found guilty aud sentenced to death. He was, however, strongly recommended to mercy, and the sentence was eventually commuted to 12 months' imprisonment. The neighbourhood in which this duel was fought is no longer solitary ; a wide thoroughfare, known as the Br-ekoock road, runs through ir, and a nfl- ground beside the Brecknock Arm« appropriately indicates the place where tbe finnl shot was fired. — Cbamberb's Journal.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2152, 23 May 1895, Page 42
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186THE LAST ENGLISH DUEL. Otago Witness, Issue 2152, 23 May 1895, Page 42
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