In October 1878 in Machynlleth, Rowland
Wood, a local butcher, was stabbed in the street
by Gabriel Davies in front of
a crowd of people.
The evidence of various witnesses was written down at the time and from
this we can find out what happened almost 120 years ago.
What Rowland
Wood said...
Mr Wood was returning home to his house
in Penrallt Street one night when he heard shouting and the sound of someone
crying "Murder !".
He ran towards the sound and saw a crowd of people outside a shop. In the shop doorway he found Gabriel Davies beating someone on the ground with a stout stick. Mr Wood pushed forward to stop him.
