Mercy

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Newton takes their own life or that of another.</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)></span></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>So says the curse of the Newtons.</em></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>As the river rises and rain lashes down The Watering is filled with smoke. In the early hours a charred corpse is found in the brew house. Mercy Newton is arrested and sent to Shrewsbury assizes.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>But is she guilty?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Pieced together from historical records the life of the nationally notorious Mercy Newton is presented for the first time. Lost to history this real-life story of a family curse a jealous daughter and a suspected murder has been forgotten for over 100 years.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Until now.</span></p><p></p>