murder of Nancy Montgomery

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The murder of Nancy Montgomery was a notorious 1843 Canadian crime in which housekeeper Nancy Montgomery was killed alongside her employer Thomas Kinnear, a case later popularized in Margaret Atwood’s novel "Alias Grace."

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instanceOf 19th-century crime
criminal case
homicide
associatedPerson Grace Marks NERFINISHED
James McDermott NERFINISHED
Margaret Atwood NERFINISHED
Thomas Kinnear NERFINISHED
category Canadian murder case
historical crime in Canada
country Canada
date 1843
employerOfVictim Thomas Kinnear NERFINISHED
fictionalization Alias Grace NERFINISHED
historicalContext pre-Confederation Canada
inspiredWork Alias Grace NERFINISHED
inspiredWorkAuthor Margaret Atwood NERFINISHED
inspiredWorkPublicationYear 1996
inspiredWorkType novel
jurisdiction Upper Canada NERFINISHED
legalOutcome Grace Marks convicted of murder
James McDermott convicted of murder
location Richmond Hill, Upper Canada NERFINISHED
mediaAdaptationType television miniseries
notability one of the most notorious Canadian crimes of the 1840s
occupationOfVictim housekeeper
perpetrator Grace Marks NERFINISHED
James McDermott NERFINISHED
sentenceOfGraceMarks life imprisonment
sentenceOfJamesMcDermott death by hanging
subjectOf Alias Grace (TV miniseries) NERFINISHED
timePeriod 1840s
victim Nancy Montgomery NERFINISHED
Thomas Kinnear NERFINISHED

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James McDermott centralEvent murder of Nancy Montgomery