Ashford V Thornton
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| Date decided | April 16, 1818 |
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| Court | Court of King's Bench |
| Citation(s) | (1818) 1 B. & Ald. 405, 106 ER 149 at 457 |
| Date argued | 1818 |
| Judge(s) sitting | Lord Ellenborough |
| Lord Chief Justice | |
| John Bayley | |
| Charles Abbott | |
| George Holroyd | |
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| ID | 1036347 |
About Ashford V Thornton
Ashford v Thornton 106 ER 149 is an English law case in the Court of King's Bench which upheld the right of the defendant to trial by battle on a private appeal from an acquittal for murder. In 1817, Abraham Thornton was charged with the murder of Mary Ashford.