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A Century Of London Murders And Executions
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Author : John J. Eddleston
language : en
Publisher: Sutton
Release Date : 2008
A Century Of London Murders And Executions written by John J. Eddleston and has been published by Sutton this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with History categories.
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Criminal Women
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Author : John J. Eddleston
language : en
Publisher: Wharncliffe
Release Date : 2010-06-15
Criminal Women written by John J. Eddleston and has been published by Wharncliffe this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-15 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Shocking portraits of women who have committed capital crimes in England’s capital city—from the author of Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia. Women have sometimes been seen as less criminally inclined than men. But, as John J. Eddleston shows in this revealing anthology of female crimes in London, this image is hard to mesh with reality, for the city’s history is crowded with cases of women who broke the law. In vivid detail, he reconstructs a series of dramatic, often harrowing, cases in which women were involved and puts their acts in the context of their times. Taking episodes from the eighteenth century to near the present day, he looks at criminal women of all types, from all walks of life. The work of the London police, the courts, and the prisons is an essential element in his study, and each chapter reveals much about how attitudes toward crime and punishment have changed over the centuries. Fascinating portraits of these criminal women as individuals emerge from their stories; their cases come to life—as does the London in which they lived. They include Catherine Hayes, who was burnt alive for murdering her husband; three women hanged on the same day for highway robbery; two women executed for rioting; Anne Hurle and Charlotte Newman, who were both hanged for forgery; Florence Bravo, who was sensationally acquitted of murder; and, perhaps most famous of all, Ruth Ellis, whose execution in 1955 provoked an outcry against capital punishment.
Miscarriages Of Justice
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Author : John J. Eddleston
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2009-11-19
Miscarriages Of Justice written by John J. Eddleston and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-19 with True Crime categories.
To face a trial for murder must be a terrifying prospect, all the more so when you know that you are innocent of the charge. How much more horrific must it be then, when you know that should you be found guilty, the sentence must be that you will lose your life at the end of a rope?All of the cases reviewed in this book involved one or more individuals who were put on trial for taking the life of a fellow human being. The stories involve the eventual execution by hanging of nine men and one woman. To date, two of those men have been reprieved; too late for them and their families of course but, nevertheless, the state had admitted that it was wrong. What of the others?What of Louisa Masset, the first person to be hanged in the twentieth century? Did she really murder the son she apparently loved so much? What of Frederick Seddon who went to the gallows still protesting that he was innocent of the murder of his lodger? And what of Harry Armstrong, hanged for murdering his fiance on New Year's Day 1939?The cases in this book all took place in London. Read the stories for yourself and remember that the law states that if there is a reasonable doubt, then it is the jury's duty to acquit. Was there not a reasonable doubt in some of the cases detailed here? Put yourself onto those juries and decide whether you would have still been prepared to stand in court and announce that dreaded word: 'Guilty!'
Capital Crimes
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Author : Max Decharne
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2012-09-20
Capital Crimes written by Max Decharne and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-20 with History categories.
Over seven centuries London has changed dramatically - from walled medieval settlement to bustling modern metropolis. But throughout its history there has been one inescapable constant: murder. It winds through the heart of the capital as surely as the River Thames. Capital Crimes tells the story of crime and punishment in the city, from the killing of infamous 'questmonger' Roger Legett during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 through to the hanging of Styllou Christofi in 1954. Along the way we encounter such shocking characters as railway murderer Franz Muller, the ‘baby farmers’ of Finchley and the notorious political assassin John Bellingham. Some are well known, some obscure; the lives and fates of all, however, have much to tell us, providing a glimpse into the workings of London’s mysterious underworld and reminding us that dark deeds are not so far removed from everyday life as we would perhaps like to believe.
Surrey Executions
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Author : Martin Baggoley
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2011-01-15
Surrey Executions written by Martin Baggoley and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-15 with True Crime categories.
A record of crimes in Surrey during the nineteenth century for which the culprits paid the ultimate price.
Jack The Ripper
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Author : John J. Eddleston
language : en
Publisher: Blake Publishing
Release Date : 2010
Jack The Ripper written by John J. Eddleston and has been published by Blake Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Serial murder investigation categories.
Using critical case review of the kind that is now used to scrutinize unsolved crimes, this meticulously researched reference clears up half a century of misinformation and myth The gruesome, unsolved murders by the first media-sensationalized serial killer Jack the Ripper continue to fascinate after more than 100 years. From the beginning, however, the truth has been obscured by a fog of half-truths and misinterpretations. The author rechecks, reexamines, and reevaluates the facts, conjectures, newspaper accounts, eyewitness reports, and official pronouncements. The book includes descriptions of the locations where the bodies were found, detailed histories of the victims, profiles of key police officials, and examinations of police procedures, investigations, blunders, and errors. It details the prevailing myths regarding the case, meticulously evaluates the chief suspects, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the existing literature. Written communications ostensibly sent by the Ripper are discussed, and a closely reasoned and well-supported argument identifies the most likely suspect. Maps, illustrations, a chronology, an introduction, a bibliography, and an index complete this comprehensive reference to a notorious chapter in British criminal history.
A Century Of Welsh Murders And Executions
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Author : John Eddleston
language : en
Publisher: History Press (SC)
Release Date : 2008
A Century Of Welsh Murders And Executions written by John Eddleston and has been published by History Press (SC) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Executions and executioners categories.
John Eddleston brings together every twentieth century murder committed in Wales which resulted in a judicial execution.
Death Diary
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Author : Gary Powell
language : en
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
Release Date : 2017-01-15
Death Diary written by Gary Powell and has been published by Amberley Publishing Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-01-15 with True Crime categories.
Gary Powell takes the reader through a year of crime and punishment in London, covering over 400 years of history.
Harnessing The Power Of The Criminal Corpse
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Author : Sarah Tarlow
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-05-17
Harnessing The Power Of The Criminal Corpse written by Sarah Tarlow and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with History categories.
This open access book is the culmination of many years of research on what happened to the bodies of executed criminals in the past. Focusing on the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, it looks at the consequences of the 1752 Murder Act. These criminal bodies had a crucial role in the history of medicine, and the history of crime, and great symbolic resonance in literature and popular culture. Starting with a consideration of the criminal corpse in the medieval and early modern periods, chapters go on to review the histories of criminal justice, of medical history and of gibbeting under the Murder Act, and ends with some discussion of the afterlives of the corpse, in literature, folklore and in contemporary medical ethics. Using sophisticated insights from cultural history, archaeology, literature, philosophy and ethics as well as medical and crime history, this book is a uniquely interdisciplinary take on a fascinating historical phenomenon.
North London Murders
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Author : Geoffrey Howse
language : en
Publisher: The History Press
Release Date : 2012-02-29
North London Murders written by Geoffrey Howse and has been published by The History Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-02-29 with True Crime categories.
Over the centuries North London has witnessed literally thousands of murders: those included within the pages of this book have shocked, fascinated and enthralled the public and commentators for generations. From Britain's first railway murder, a case that turned on the evidence provided by a distinctive style of hat, to the appalling story of two Islington woman convicted after 'disposing of' babies in their care, these are crimes that both horrified and captivated the public. No volume covering the murders of this part of London would be complete without an examination of the Crippen case; the name of Frederick Henry Seddon, hanged for poisoning Miss Eliza Barrow, is now less well known, although for several decades his waxwork effigy was a popular exhibit at Madame Tussaud's Chamber of Horrors and his story is an extraordinary one. Among other cases included here, North London Murders also re-examines the crimes of serial 'bride-killer' George Joseph Smith, the tragic story of Ruth Ellis and David Blakely, and the killing of Joe Orton by Kenneth Halliwell.