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George Ernest Thompson Edalji (march 1876 - 17 june 1953) was an Anglo-Indian solicitor and son of a vicar in a West Midlands village who served 3 years hard labour after being convicted on a charge of injuring a pony. He was pardoned after a campaign in which [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] took a prominent role. The difficulty in overturning the conviction of Edalji was cited as showing a better mechanism for reviewing unsafe verdicts was needed, and was a factor in the 1907 creation of a court of appeal for England. Present day commentators on the case see it as demonstrating pervasive racial prejudice and resentment toward incomers by highly placed traditionalists in provincial England. <br />
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== George Edalji about the case ==<br />
[[File:acde-2022-edalji-s-own-story.jpg|thumb|200px|right|link=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RG1CT4Z|[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09RG1CT4Z Order the book].]]<br />
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* [[The Edalji Case. Sir A. Conan Doyle at the Home Office (George Edalji's letter)|The Edalji Case. Sir A. Conan Doyle at the Home Office]] (16 january 1907)<br />
* [[The Edalji Case. Home Office Deliberating (George Edalji's letter)|The Edalji Case. Home Office Deliberating]] (19 january 1907)<br />
* [[The Edalji Case. Letter from the Father (George Edalji's letter)|The Edalji Case. Letter from the Father]] (21 january 1907)<br />
* [[Edalji's Own Story|My Own Story: The Narrative of Eighteen Years' Persecution]] (7 february - 6 june 1907)<br />
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== Conan Doyle about the case ==<br />
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* [[The Story of Mr. George Edalji]] (20 january 1907, [[T. Harrisson Roberts]])<br />
* [[The Case of Mr. George Edalji]] (9-12 january 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]])<br />
* [[The_Daily_Telegraph#By_Conan_Doyle_in_The_Daily_Telegraph|The Edalji Case]] (16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 25, 26, 30 january, 11 february, 11 march, 29 may, 1 june, 15 august 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]]) <br />
* [[The Case of Mr. George Edalji|The Strange case of George Edalji]] (2 & 3 february 1907, [[The New-York Times]]) <br />
* [[The Case of Mr. George Edalji|The Strange case of George Edalji]] (3 february 1907, [[The Washington Post]])<br />
* [[The Case of George Edalji: A Question for Ophtalmologists]] (19 january 1907, [[The Lancet]])<br />
* [[Edalji Case. Letter from Sir Conan Doyle]] (20 may 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]]) <br />
* [[Case of George Edalji. Facsimile Documents. No. 1]] (23 may 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]]) <br />
* [[Case of George Edalji. Who Wrote the Letters? No. 2]] (24 may 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]]) <br />
* [[Case of George Edalji. The Martin Molton Letters. No. 3]] (27 may 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]]) <br />
* [[The Edalji Letters]] (11 june 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]])<br />
* [[The Edalji Debate]] (25 june 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]])<br />
* [[Case of George Edalji (letter 18 july 1907)|Case of George Edalji]] (18 july 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]])<br />
* [[Case of George Edalji (letter 20 july 1907)|Case of George Edalji]] (20 july 1907, [[The Daily Telegraph]])<br />
* [[The Real Sherlock Holmes (article 27 october 1907)|The Real Sherlock Holmes]] (27 october 1907, [[The San Francisco Call]])<br />
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== George Edalji's Case Adaptations ==<br />
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=== TV ===<br />
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* 1966 : [[Conan Doyle und der Fall Edalji]] (TV movie)<br />
* 1972 : [[Conan Doyle (The Edwardians S01E04)|The Edwardians S01E04: Conan Doyle]] (TV episode)<br />
* 2014 : [[The Scapegoat]] (cartoon)<br />
* 2015 : [[Arthur & George]] (mini-series)<br />
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=== Radio ===<br />
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* 1959 : [[Sir Arthur mène l'enquête (radio 1959)|Sir Arthur mène l'enquête]]<br />
* 1972 : [[Conan Doyle Investigates (radio 1972)|Conan Doyle Investigates]]<br />
* 1980 : [[The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (radio 1980)|The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes]]<br />
* 1986 : [[The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller]]<br />
* 1987 : [[Conan Doyle and The Edalji Case (radio 1987)|Conan Doyle and The Edalji Case]]<br />
* 1987 : [[The Man Who Wanted to Murder Sherlock Holmes]]<br />
* 1995 : [[Conan Doyle's Strangest Case (radio 1995)|Conan Doyle's Strangest Case]]<br />
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=== Novel ===<br />
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* 2005 : [[Arthur & George (novel)|Arthur & George]], by Julian Barnes<br />
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=== Theatre ===<br />
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* 1971 : [[Conan Doyle Investigates]]<br />
* 2010 : [[Arthur & George (play 2010)|Arthur & George]]<br />
* 2016 : [[The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes]]<br />
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== Performers ==<br />
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File:1966-conan-doyle-und-der-fall-edalji-george-edalji.jpg|[[Harry Engel]] as George Edalji in TV movie [[Conan Doyle und der Fall Edalji]] (1966).<br />
File:silhouette-man.jpg|[[Charles McKeown]] as George Edalji in play [[Conan Doyle Investigates]] (1971).<br />
File:1972-the-edwardians-conan-doyle-s01e04-george-edalji.jpg|[[Sam Dastor]] as George Edalji in episode [[Conan Doyle (The Edwardians S01E04)|Conan Doyle]] of the TV series ''The Edwardians'' (1972).<br />
File:1985-the-stamp-of-greatness-s01e01-edalji.jpg|Gorge Edalji in documentary [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: The man who was Sherlock Holmes]] (1985)<br />
File:2010-arthur-george-lukis-george-edalji.jpg|[[Chris Nayak]] as George Edalji in play [[Arthur & George (play 2010)|Arthur & George]] (2010).<br />
File:2015-arthur-and-george-edalji.jpg|[[Arsher Ali]] as George Edalji in TV mini-series [[Arthur & George]] (2015).<br />
File:2016-the-man-who-murdered-sherlock-holmes-george-edalji.jpg|[[Johann George]] as George Edalji in play [[The Man Who Murdered Sherlock Holmes]] (2016).<br />
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'''On Radio'''<br />
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* 1959 : [[André Reybaz]] as George Edalji in [[Sir Arthur mène l'enquête (radio 1959)|Sir Arthur mène l'enquête]]<br />
* 1972 : [[Brian Hewlett]] as George Edalji in [[Conan Doyle Investigates (radio 1972)|Conan Doyle Investigates]]<br />
* 1980 : [[Babar Bhatti]] as George Edalji in [[The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes (radio 1980)|The Man Who Was Sherlock Holmes]]<br />
* 1986 : [[Edward De Souza]] as George Edalji in [[The Mystery of the Reluctant Storyteller]]<br />
* 1987 : [[Michael N. Harbour]] as George Edalji in [[Conan Doyle and The Edalji Case (radio 1987)|Conan Doyle and The Edalji Case]]<br />
* 1987 : [[Alan Tobin]] as George Edalji in [[The Man Who Wanted to Murder Sherlock Holmes]]<br />
* 1995 : [[Kim Wall]] as George Edalji in [[Conan Doyle's Strangest Case (radio 1995)|Conan Doyle's Strangest Case]]<br />
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