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ARCHIVE: Sherlock writer saves the day; Chris Upton continues his report and conclusion of the strange Midlands case of George Edalji, solved by Arthur Conan Doyle.(Features)

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20050813
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Byline: Chris Upton

It was in December 1906 that Arthur Conan Doyle stumbled across the case of George Edalji of Great Wyrley.

The writer had strong connections with the West Midlands, having begun his medical career in Aston and Erdington, and written his first Sherlock Holmes story while living in Birmingham.

In Great Wyrley Conan Doyle found a case just as challenging as those faced by his fictional detective.

Back in 1903 a young solicitor - the offspring of a mixed marriage between an Englishwoman and an Indian clergyman - had been found guilty of a string ...

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