Jessie King

S1, E5: On February 18th 1889 A Shocking Trial Opened At The High Court In Edinburgh The Defendant Was A 27yearold Woman Accused Of The Murders Of Three Babies Jessie King Had No Intention Of Keeping The Babies She Had Taken In For Money Vulnerable Uneducated And Penniless The Young Woman Struggled To Survive Could It Be That Jessies Lover Took Advantage Of Her Easily Manipulated Nature Thirty Years Her Senior And An Unemployed Alcoholic Thomas Pearson Had To Find Ways And Means To Feed His Addiction