George Edalji

George Edalji was the eldest son of three for Shapurji Edalji and Charlotte Stoneham. His father was an Asian and his mother a Scottish woman. Edalji became a solicitor in Birmingham, England during the early 1900s. He proved to be an outstanding student during law school and had won prizes from the Law Society. He wrote the book Railway Law for the "Man in the train" which was "intended as a guide for the Travelling Public".

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Solicitor - Birmingham - England - 1900s - Law Society

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He was wrongly convicted of the The 'Great Wyrley Outrages', but cleared as the result of an investigation by Arthur Conan Doyle. Julian Barnes' 2005 novel Arthur & George (ISBN 0-224-07703-1) recounts the entire episode in great detail.

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Great Wyrley - Arthur Conan Doyle

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