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Women and the gallows 1797-1837 : unfortunate wretches / Naomi Clifford.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Clifford, Naomi, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain. Bank Restriction Act (1797).
- Great Britain.
- Women death row inmates--Great Britain--History.
- Women death row inmates.
- Capital punishment--Great Britain--History.
- Capital punishment.
- Executions and executioners--History.
- Executions and executioners.
- History.
- Capital punishment--History.
- Women prisoners--History.
- Women prisoners.
- Prisons--England--History.
- Prisons.
- Prisons--Wales--History.
- Women murderers--Great Britain--History.
- Women murderers.
- Great Britain--History--19th century.
- Great Britain--History--18th century.
- Wales.
- England.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 236 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword History, an imprint of Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- In the last four decades of the Georgian era 131 women went to the gallows. What were their crimes? And why, unlike most convicted felons, were they not reprieved? 'Unfortunate Wretches' brings new insights into their lives and the events that led them to their deaths, and includes chapters on baby murders among domestic servants, counterfeiting, husband poisoning, as well as the infamous Eliza Fenning case. Plus, for the first time, all the stories of the women have been compiled in a unique directory. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1. Person. Eliza Fenning: attempted murder ; Ann Heytrey: murder and petty treason ; Esther Hibner: murder of a child ; Mary Morgan, Mary Voce, Mary Thorpe: infanticide ; Mary Bateman: murder ; Eliza Ross: murder ; Catherine Frarey and Frances Billing, Sophia Edney: husband murders
- Part 2. Property. Sarah Lloyd, Melinda Mapson, Elizabeth Fricker: theft ; Ann Hurle and Mary Ann James: fraud ; Sarah Bailey, Charlotte Newman, Harriet Skelton: uttering forged bank notes ; Charlotte Long: arson
- The end of the bloody code
- Part 3. Chronology. Women executied 1797-1837.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-230) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781473863354
- 147386335X
- Publisher Number:
- 99975646436
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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