At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a — Mike Jay, A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine
At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a — Mike Jay, A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine
At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a — Mike Jay, A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine
At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a — Mike Jay, A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine
At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a — Mike Jay, A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine
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At Bow Street Magistrates' Court the essential facts were established. The man's name was James Tilly Matthews. He was a pauper of the south London parish of Camberwell. He had a wife and a young family. He appeared to be of unsound mind.

— Mike Jay, A Visionary Madness: The Case of James Tilly Matthews and the Influencing Machine
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