A Narrative of the Facts Relative to the Murder of Richard Faulkner Taylor, in the woods between Rochester and Maidstone. 4th March, 1831. Coroner's Inquest. History of the Diabolical Affair. Together with the trial. including the confession of the prisoner. to which is added a sketch of the prisoner's life.

BELL, John Any Bird.

Verlag: Rochester: S. Caddel. [1831], 1831

Front. ports. of James and John Any Bird Bell, by G. Railton. (ii), (42)pp. Uncut, in later drab wrappers, retaining the front wrapper, laid down. BL only on Copac. The trial of two young boys: the victim was 13, killed for nine shillings, James Bell was 12. John Any (sometimes given as Amy) Bird Bell, 14, was convicted and executed - the first to be hanged by William Calcraft, on a moveable gallows situated at the entrance to Maidstone prison, rather than at the nearby Penenden Heath as had happened previously. Mandatory death sentences were often passed on 7-13-year-olds, but were usually commuted. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 95407

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Titel: A Narrative of the Facts Relative to the ...
Verlag: Rochester: S. Caddel. [1831]
Erscheinungsdatum: 1831
Einband: Softcover