A Narrative of the barbarous and unheard of murder of Mr. John Hayes, by Catherine his wife, Thomas Billings, and Thomas Wood, in the 1st of March at night. [electronic resource] : Wherein every minute circumstance attending that horrid affair, and the wonderful providence of God in the discovery of the actors therein, are faithfully and impartially related. Together with the examinations and consessions of the said Thomas Billings and Thomas Wood before several of His Majesty's justices of the peace. As also the copy of a fictitious letter that Catherine Hayes sent, as from her husband, to his mother in Worcestershire after his death; and the mother's answer thereto: with some account of the wicked life and conversation of the said Catherine, and likewise of those of Thomas Billings and Thomas Wood. To which are prefix'd, their true and exact effigies, drawn from the life, and curiously engraved on copper. Published with the approbation of the relations and friends of the said Mr. John Hayes.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English fiction--18th century.

English fiction.

Murder--England--Early works to 1800.

Murder.

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (32p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

The third edition.

Other Title:

Narrative of the barbarous and unheard of murder of Mr. John Hayes, by Catherine his wife, Thomas Billings, and Thomas Wood, in the 1st of March at night

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for, and sold by Thomas Warner at the Black-Boy in Pater-Noster-Row, E. Nutt at the Royal Exchange, A. Dod at the Peacock without Temple-Bar, and by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1726.

Notes:

Price on title page: (Price, 6d.)

Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T170416.

OCLC:

509153988