"Four Wretches are Ordered to Die" [Broadside]. [Execution]. The Recorder's Report. To The King in Council, Of All the Prisoners, Under Sentence of Death in Newgate, When the Four Following Prisoners, John Smith for Uttering Forged Bank Notes, John Crisp for Burglary, Edward Hogan, And James Scott for Cutting and..... More
Unrecorded Account of a Notably Brutal London Murder in 1822 [Broadside]. [Execution]. Abbott, William [d.1822]. An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Will.m Abbott for the Wilful Murder of Mary Lees, Alias Duggan, Or Long Poll. Who Was Executed at the Old Bailey, On Monday Last. [Hythe, Kent]..... More
The Execution of a Teenage Murderer [Broadside]. [Execution]. Bell, John Any Bird [d.1831]. Execution of James Any Bird Bell, At Maidstone, For Murder. [London]: J. Catnach, Printer, [1831]. 15" x 10" broadside hinged (with two small circular stickers at top-edge) onto 24" x 17" board. Text in two columns separated..... More
The Execution of a Teenage Murderer [Broadside]. [Execution]. Bell, John Any Bird [d.1831]. The Trial and Execution of John Any Bell Aged 14 For the Murder of Richard Taylor at Bridge-Wood, Kent, On the 4th of March, 1831. [London]: Printed and Sold by J. Quick, [1831]. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside..... More
Annoyed to Death [Broadside]. [Execution]. Bishop, Richard. Farewell to the World of Richard Bishop, Who Now Lies Under Sentence of Death in Maidstone Gaol, For the Murder of Alfred Cartwright. London: H. Disley, Printer, [1868]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/2" verse broadside. Main text in two columns separated by rules. Some toning..... More
A Robbery Turned to "Wilful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Coleman, John [d.1823]. Particulars of the Behaviour, Confession, And Last Dying Words of John Colemam [sic], Who Was Executed This Day on Penenden Heath, For the Wilful Murder of Mr. James Smith, At Lewisham. [Strood]: Sweets, Printers, [1823]. 14-3/4" x 9-3/4" broadside..... More
A Rare Broadside Recording the (Unjust?) Case of a Man Hanged for Arson [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Head, James]. Trial, Execution, And Dying Behaviour of James Head Aged 40, For Setting Fire to a Barn at Wakeley. [London]: Catnach, Printer, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials, [1819]. 14-1/2" x 10-3/4" broadside mounted on thick..... More
"I Have Made My Peace with God" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Hussey, Charles [d.1818]. The Last Dying Speech of Charles Hussey, Who was Executed This Day for the Murder of Mr. Bird and his Housekeeper, Late of Greenwich. [London]: Cheap Printing Office, [1818]. 14-1/2" x 6-1/2" broadside, text in double columns below..... More
Unrecorded Account of Two English Infanticides [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Infanticide]. Awful Account of the Dreadful Execution of Mr Matthew Grey, And Miss Susan Smith, For Murder. [London]: Printed by J. Catnach, 2, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials, [c.1830]. 14-3/4" x 10" broadside, triple-column text below headline and three woodcut images: one of a...... More
"She was a Perfect Borgia, Or Female Palmer" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Wilson, Catherine [1822-1862]. Life, Trial, Confession & Execution of Catherine Wilson, The Female Poisoner, Who was Executed at Newgate, On Monday, Oct. 20th, For the Murder of Mrs. Soames. [London]: Printed for the Vendors, [1862]. 19-3/4" x 15" broadside hinged..... More
"The Bell Has Ceased Tolling" [Broadside]. [Execution]. March, Henry [1827-1877]. Execution of H. March, The Wymondham Murderer. Henry March was Executed for the Murder of Thomas Mayes, And Henry Bidewell, At Wymondham, By Beating Them to Death with a Bar of Iron. [Wymondham, Norfolk, England?]: S.n., [1877]. 10" x 7-1/2"..... More
"One of the Most Determined Felons in Existence" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Peace, Charles [d.1876]. Copy of Verses Giving an Account of the Trial and Sentence of Charles Peace, The Banner Cross Murderer, And Notorious Blackheath Burglar. [Sheffield]: S.n., [1876]. 9-1/2" x 7-1/4" broadside, text in two columns below headline, columns and..... More
![Item #73852 Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London, 1842]. Broadside, Execution, Thomas...](/pictures/thumb/73852.jpg?v=1663791333)
A Fatal Shootout with the Police [Broadside]. [Murder]. Cooper, Thomas [d.1834]. Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London]: Printed and Published by E. Lloyd, [1842]. 19" x 14-1/2" broadside hinged (with two small circular stickers at top-edge) onto 24" x 17" board. Text in five columns and woodcut vignette depicting..... More
"For the Murder of His Mother" [Broadside]. [Execution]. [Ward, John (d.1849)]. An Account of the Life, Trial, Condemnation, Confession, and Execution of John Ward, Aged 26, Who was Executed on the New Drop, at Lincoln, on the 27th of July, 1849, For the Murder of his Mother, at Thorpe, near..... More
One of Several Different Accounts of a "Barbarous and Awful Murder" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Wood, John Henry [d.1833]. Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, Near the City of Chester, By Her Own Son, John Wood Who Cut Her Throat from Ear to Ear; How the..... More
"The Protestant Joiner" [Execution]. [Great Britain]. College (Colledge), Stephen [c.1635-1681]. A True Copy of the Dying Words of Mr. Stephen Colledge, Left in Writing Under His Own Hand, And Confirmed by Him at the Time of Execution, August 31. 1681. At Oxford. Published by His Own Relations. London: Printed for..... More
"Taken Exactly from His Mouth at the Place of Execution" [Execution]. [Great Britain]. College (Colledge), Stephen [c.1635-1681]. The Speech and Carriage of Stephen Colledge Before the Castle at Oxford, Wednesday, Aug. 31. 1681. Taken Exactly from His Mouth at the Place of Execution. London: Printed for T. Bassett, And John..... More
A Criminal Life That Ended with an Execution [Execution]. [Vienna]. Todesurtheil, Welches von dem Criminal-Gerichte der Kaiserl. Konigl. Haupt-und Residenzstadt Wien uber die mir Carl F*** Wegen Meuchelmordes und wegen Diebstahls als Schwere Polizenubertretung Abgefuhrte Untersuchung Geschopft, Und in Folge der von den Hohen und Hochsten Justizbehorden Herabgelangten Bestatigung Heute..... More