Garrow is in the dock accused by Sir Arthur Hill of 'criminal conversation' (adultery) with his wife Lady Sarah. The evidence against him is a combination of half truths, invention and lies, but with the moralistic Judge...
Garrow's Law
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Garrow's Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel
for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved
guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Garrow's Law is the true tale of William Garrow, who acted as counsel
for the accused, introducing the concept of 'innocent until proved
guilty' at London's Old Bailey.
Garrow defends a British sailor imprisoned in Newgate prison for exposing ill treatment of sailors at the Greenwich Hospital by attacking the Admiralty and in particular its Under secretary Sir Arthur Hill, Lady Sarah's ...
Garrow defends a man, Captain Jones, of the capital offence of sodomy but the client and witnesses prove unreliable mirroring accusations fabricated against himself and Lady Sarah.
When 133 slaves are thrown off a slave ship after its water supply runs low, Garrow takes on the brutal slave trade that regards human beings as cargo when he is employed by Liverpool Assurance to prosecute the ship's ca...
