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| Picture No | 10008375 |
| Date | January 1857 |
| Description | HONG KONG POISONING/1857 |
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Examination at a police station in Victoria, Hong Kong, of Esing (properly called Alum), a baker who attemped to kill his customers by lacing his bread with arsenic. Fortunately whilst between 200-300 customers were poisoned, none died.
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| Source | 'Illustrated London News', 28th March 1857, page 286 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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