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The Female parricide. [electronic resource] : Being a circumstantial relation of the cruel poisoning of Francis Blandy, Gent. late town clerk of Henley upon Themes, in the county of Oxford, by his only daughters. Mary Blandy as it was prov'd against her at the after at hold at Oxford, on Tuesday, March 3, 1752, where he was found guilty of the some, and received sentence of death; and executed at Oxford, on Monday the 6th of April following. To which are added, a letter from a clergyman to Miss Blandy, after receiving sentence of death, and her answer thereto; as also an account of her behaviour at the place of execution. Likewise a relation of the death of Capt. Cranston, the principal congriver of this murder, at furnes, near Dunkirk, in Flanders. Adorned with cuts.

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Book
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Parricide--England--Early works to 1800.
Parricide.
Trials (Murder)--England--Early works to 1800.
Trials (Murder).
Cranstoun, William Henry, 1714-1752--Early works to 1800.
Cranstoun, William Henry.
[Blandy, Francis, d. 1751]--Early works to 1800.
[Blandy, Francis.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (24p. ) ill. ;
Other Title:
Female parricide
Place of Publication:
[London? : s.n., 1775?]
Notes:
Mary Blandy was convicted in 1752.
Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T191087.
OCLC:
509509102

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