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John Tawell was a British murderer and the first criminal traced by the use of telegraph. He was executed by hanging in 1845 for the murder of Sarah Hart at Slough. In his defence he argued that Sarah had died of eating apple pips containing prussic acid, however the court ruled that he he had deliberately poisoned her with prussic acid. After his arrest John Tawell escaped to London where he was intercepted at Paddington as a result of the first use of telegraph used for tracking a wanted criminal, a telegram having been sent from Slough.
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Matt Lucas is an English comedian and actor. He was born in 1974 at Paddington, London.
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Omnibus (Latin for 'for all') is the old term for a bus (public passenger carrying vehicle). The concept of a public conveyance of this nature is due to Pascal of Paris in 1662, and the name to Baudry of Nantes who came up with it in 1827. The first modern bus to make regular journeys was first introduced in Paris in 1828 and introduced to London by George Shillibeer in 1829 when one carrying twenty-two passengers ran from Paddington to the Bank, charging a fare of one shilling. The original London Omnibus was a single-decker coach drawn by three horses arranged side-by-side. In 1832 the Stagecoach Act was passed, allowing passengers to be taken up and put down in the streets, and numerous types of omnibus appeared.
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Paddington is a town in Cheshire, England.
Paddington is a former village and now district of central Greater London, England.
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Paddington bear is London Cockney rhyming slang for pear.
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Paddington fair was old British slang for a public execution.
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