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{{cite book}}: External link in |via=However another version is that he was very popular and would not have been found guilty had he been tried locally. Lord Justice Campbell who was the senior judge at Palmer's trial suggested in his autobiography that, had Palmer been tried at Stafford Assizes, he would have been found not guilty. This contradicts the stories in the press that the trial was switched to London because in Staffordshire people were so biased against Palmer that he would have automatically been found guilty.
However another version is that he was very popular and would not have been found guilty had he been tried locally. Lord Justice Campbell who was the senior judge at Palmer's trial suggested in his autobiography that, had Palmer been tried at Stafford Assizes, he would have been found not guilty. This contradicts the stories in the press that the trial was switched to London because in Staffordshire people were so biased against Palmer that he would have automatically been found guilty.