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An Account of the Trial and Execution of John Smith, Who Suffered...
"His Appearance was Very Repulsive" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Smith, John [d.1849]. An Account of the Trial and Execution of John Smith, Who Suffered the Severe Sentence of the Law at Fisherton Anger, Near Salisbury, Wilts, On Tuesday Last for the Wilful Murder! Of Eleanor Lawrence, At Collingbourn Ducis. Salisbury: Printed for..... More
The Last Dying Speech and Confession, Parentage, And Education of...
One of the Last People to be Executed for Forgery in Great Britain [Broadside]. [Execution]. Fauntleroy, Henry [1784-1824]. The Last Dying Speech and Confession, Parentage, And Education of Henry Fauntleroy, Esq. Who was Executed this Morning, Tuesday, November the 30th, 1824, Fronting the Debtor's Door of Newgate.-For Forgery. Portsea: Williams..... More
Trials and Execution of John and Robert Greers, Two Brothers...
Only Known Copy: "Will You Not Confess?" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Greers, John. Greers, Robert. Trials and Execution of John and Robert Greers, Two Brothers, For the Murder of Their Father. [London]: Catnach, Printer, 2, Monmouth Court, 7 Dials, [c.1800]. 14" x 10" broadside, on thin paper, mounted on 16" x 12-1/2"..... More
A Narrative of the Trial, Together with the Last Dying Words, Speech..
Only Known Copy: "A Very Improper Situation Upon the Body of the Deceased" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Beaumont, Joshua [d.1810]. A Narrative of the Trial, Together with the Last Dying Words, Speech, And Confession of Joshua Beaumont, Who was Executed on the Drop Behind the Castle of York, On Wednesday the 15th..... More
The Awful Execution and Confession of James Bloomfield Rush...
Only Known Copy [Broadside]. [Execution]. Rush, James Bloomfield [1800-1849]. The Awful Execution and Confession of James Bloomfield Rush, Who was Executed on Saturday Morning at Norwich. Exeter: W. Cooper, Printer, [1849]. 19-1/2" x 14-3/4" broadside, text in three columns below headline and woodcut vignette. Moderate toning, faint horizontal and vertical..... More
A True Copy of the Dying Words of Mr. Stephen Colledge....
"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 True Copy of the Dying Words of Mr. Stephen Colledge....
"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
The Last Dying Speech of Charles Hussey, Who was Executed This Day...
"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
Particulars of the Behaviour, Confession, And Last Dying Words...
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
An Account of the Trial, Behaviour, And Execution of Willm Abbott....
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 Trial and Execution of John Any Bell Aged 14 For the Murder...
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
Murder of a Policeman at Highbury. [London, 1842]
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
Todesurtheil Welches von dem Criminal-Gerichte der Kaiserl...
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
Trial, Execution, and Dying Behaviour of James Head Aged 40. 1813-1838
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
Copy of Verses Giving an Account of the Trial and Sentence of Charles.
"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
Barbarous and Awful Murder, Committed Upon the Body of Mrs. Elizabeth.
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
Execution of James Anderson and David Glen, Who Suffered at Ayr....
"With An Account Of Their Behaviour in Confinement And The Prayer Which They Put Up On The Scaffold" [Broadside]. [Execution]. Anderson, James [d. 1823]. Glen, David [d. 1823]. Execution of James Anderson and David Glen, Who Suffered at Ayr, On Friday the 12th of December, 1823, For the Murder of..... More
Execution of H March, The Wymondham Murderer, 1877, 7-1/2" x 10"
"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
An Account of the Life, Trial, Condemnation, Confession, and Execution
"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
Farewell to the World of Richard Bishop, Who Now Lies Under Sentence..
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