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1892712761892. London & New York 1892. London & New York 1892. A Contemporary Opinion on a Sensational 1889 Murder by a Female Physician Densmore Helen. Maybrick Murder Case. The Maybrick Case: English Criminal Law. London: Swan Sonnenschein & Co.; New York: Stillman & Co. 1892. 148 pp. Octavo 7-1/2" x 5". Stiff textured wrappers gilt title to front. Some rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners front cover beginning to detach at ends fading to edges of rear cover. Presentation inscription from author to front free endpaper light toning to text. $750. Only edition. In 1889 Florence Elizabeth Maybrick 1862-1941 a American-born socialite was convicted for fatally poisoning her husband James Maybrick a Liverpool cotton merchant with a history of drug abuse. Despite scanty evidence pointing to her guilt and several procedural irregularities she was sentenced to death. Public outrage led the Home Office to commute her sentence to life in prison. She was released 15 years later. This case attracted a great deal of attention and generated a large bibliography. Densmore a medical doctor believed Maybrick was innocent and deserved a retrial. Written while Maybrick was in prison her study argues that Mr. Maybrick poisoned himself. OCLC locates 7 copies in law libraries Columbia Duke Harvard Library of Congress University of Minnesota University of Missouri Yale. unknown books
200223902NY: Putnam. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2002. Hardcover. 0399149325 . First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. . Putnam hardcover books
1836665381836. Concord NH 1836. Concord NH 1836. "Oh! Lust Accursed Lust! 'Twas This for Which I Did the Deed" Broadside. Murder. Private Individual at the Bar. Abr'm Prescott's Confession of the Murder of Mrs. Sally Cochran of Pembroke N.H.--June 23 1833. Concord NH.: S.n. 1836. 17" x 11-1/2" broadside. Two-columns of verse in twenty stanzas within woodcut ornamental border text headed by large woodcut vignette of a coffin. Light browning and a few minor stains faint horizontal and vertical fold line chipping to edges section lacking from bottom margin just touching bottom right corner of border a few tears along fold lines with no loss to text later repairs to verso. $2500. Abraham Prescott was found guilty of the murder of Sally Cochran in two separate trials held in Concord in September 1834 and September 1835. Despite a well-crafted insanity defense he was sentenced to be hanged on December 23 1835 in Hopkinton New Hampshire. The execution was postponed to January 6 1836. The verse account in this broadside presents the murder as a crime of passion: "Oh! lust accursed lust! 'twas this for which I did the deed; Forfeiting heaven and life and bliss Forfeiting all I need." See McDade The Annals of Murder 769. OCLC locates 7 copies American Antiquarian Society Brown Dartmouth Harvard Peabody Essex Museum University of Michigan Yale. unknown books
1837666621837. Sold by Knight Sweetings Alley Cornhill 1837. Sold by Knight Sweetings Alley Cornhill 1837. Broadside with Portraits of the "Edgeware Road Murderer" and His Female Accomplice Broadside. Murder. Greenacre James 1785-1837. Gale Sarah d. 1837. James Greenacre and Sarah Gale Charged with the Murder & Mutilation of Hannah Brown. Sketched from Life At the Bar of the Old Bailey 12th April 1837. Warranted Written Only 10 Minutes Before Sentence Was Passed! London: Sold by Knight Sweetings Alley Cornhill 1837. 11" x 7-1/2" broadside. Lithographed images of Greenacre and Gale above reproductions of their signatures text to left of signatures and below. Moderate toning light edgewear a few faint dampstains and few creases. $350. Known as the "Edgeware Road Murderer" Greenacre planned to marry Hannah Brown for her money. However his mistress Sarah Gale convinced him to kill her dismember her and hide her body parts in various places. They would then take her money and escape to America. This plan fell apart after police found her head in Regent's Canal. The case of Greenacre and Gale generated a good deal of popular interest. His execution was attended by an enormous crowd. No copies located on OCLC. unknown books
1832713351832. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Douglas and Kent 1832. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Douglas and Kent 1832. A Murder Related to Labor Unrest in the Newcastle Mines Broadside. Murder. Great Britain. An Account of the Shocking Murder Committed on the Body of John Errington A Bound Pitman At Hetton Colliery In the County of Durham On Saturday April 19 1832 By Receiving Two Shots One of Them in the Chest And the Other in the Groin. To Which is Added the Names of Those Who are Apprehended And Sent to Durham Gaol On Suspicion of Being Implicated in the Murder. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Douglas and Kent Printers 1832. 13-3/4" x 6-1/4" broadside mounted on 13-1/4" x 8" sheet bottom inch of broadside folded lower corners cropped. Single-column text below headline sections separated by rules. Negligible light toning. A well-preserved copy. $1500. An account "taken from the Newcastle Papers" of 28th April during the miner's strike of 1832 an early example of Indsutrial-Era unrest that resonated throughout Great Britain. At that time a number of strikers evicted from their homes gathered in the town where they lit bonfires discharged firearms and antagonized their opponents. Errington a strikebreaker was found dead in the street with two wounds from a marble-firing musket. Several strikers were charged with his murder and taken to Durham Gaol which was far enough away from Newcastle to discourage any rescue attempts. In the end the evidence was insufficient and they were released. No copies located on OCLC Library Hub or at the British Library. unknown books
1849717871849. Unrecorded Account of an Attempted Murder in Oxfordshire Broadside. Murder. Great Britain. Attempted Murder of a Wife by her Husband Near Banbury Oxfordshire. Reading: Jones Printer 1849. 14-1/2" x 10" broadside triple-column text below headline and woodcut image of a man stabbing a woman flanked by six stanzas of verse. Light toning and edgewear vertical and horizontal folds the latter with early repair fold line to lower right-hand corner light foxing to margins negligible faint dampstain to left-hand margin touching a bit of text. $3850. James Layton under stress from financial distress began to entertain paranoid delusions that his wife conspiring against him. This led him to shoot and stab her while they were on a walk near Banbury. Responding to the sounds and commotion a group of men came to the scene and apprehended Layton. His wife later died of her injuries. The subsequent trial ended in a verdict of not guilty on the ground of insanity. This appears to be an unrecorded broadside. No copies located on OCLC or Library Hub. unknown books
