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The trial of Isaac Prescott : Esq. a captain in the Royal Navy, Late Commander of his Majesty's Ship the Seaford. for wanton, tyrannical, unprovoked, and savage cruelty, towards Jane Prescott, his wife, Daughter of the Reverend Mr. Walter, Chaplain of his Majesty's Dock-Yard, at Portsmouth, who gave with her 2000 l. as a Marriage Portion. Setting forth the whole of the evidence upon that remarkable trial, in the Consistory Court at Doctors Commons. (- It appears, by this Trial, that Captain Prescott is so very ingenious in the art of tormenting, and has contrived so many new and extraordinary modes of punishment for a woman, that he appears fully qualified to preside at a Spanish inquisition. Mrs. Browning, in her bay, was thought an adept in every species of cruelty, but our hero has refined upon her principles; and disdaining to inflict common punishments, has invented a system of his own. His unparalleled transactions are equally numerous and astonishing.) Entered at Stationers Hall.
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- Author/Creator:
- Prescott, Isaac, 1758?-
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prescott, Jane, 1758?- plaintiff.
- Prescott, Jane.
- Prescott, Jane, 1758?-.
- Prescott, Isaac, 1758?---Trials, litigation, etc.
- Prescott, Isaac.
- Prescott, Isaac, 1758?-.
- Trials (Divorce)--England--London.
- Trials (Divorce).
- Abused wives--Legal status, laws, etc--Great Britain.
- Abused wives.
- Abused wives--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Great Britain.
- England--London.
- Genre:
- Trials, litigation, etc.
- Trial and arbitral proceedings.
- Physical Description:
- 111 pages, 1 unnumbered page,plate ; 8⁰
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for G. Lister, No. 46, Old Bailey, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Law Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N13774.
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- Restricted for use by site license.
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