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So this case really interested me when I first heard of it because I'd heard of the girl's name, her name is Fanny Adams, but I didn't know where I knew the name from, if you know what I mean. So there's a saying in England, I don't know if it's like worldwide or whatever, but people say sweet

Fanny Adams and I'll explain where that saying comes from at the end of the video. But this case

is one of the first ever recorded cases to make like national headlines. This case literally

happened in the 1860s. I just want to give my usual disclaimer that I mean absolutely no disrespect to anyone that I talk about in this video.

This is all just information that I have found on the internet and I'm compiling into one video.

So Fanny Adams was born on April 30th, 1859 in Hampshire in England.

She lived with her mother and father Harriet and George Adams along

with her five siblings. In age order these were Ellen, George, Walter and then Fanny

was the fourth youngest and then Lizzie and then Lily Ada. Fanny was described as

tall, she was very intelligent, she was very kind of older looking so she was just eight

years old but she looked maybe like 13 14 years old. She was very kind of older looking, so she was just eight years old, but she looked maybe like 13, 14 years old.

She was known around the town that she lived in. She lived in a town called Alton in Hampshire, and she was known for just her very, like, cheerful, lively disposition.

She was just always smiling. Every time she passed anyone on the street, she'd say hi, you have a conversation.

She was just a very lively eight-year-old girl. Fanny had a best friend called Minnie Warner, who was also eight years old.

She lived like two houses down from her, and they spent like every working moment together.

They were best friends, but they were more like sisters. Like I said, the town that Fanny lived in was called Alton and it was very well known for

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