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The Awful Killing of Sarah Watts : A Story of Confessions, Acquittals and Jailbreaks.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Mick.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Watts, Sarah,.
- Trials (Murder).
- Murder.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (290 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Awful Killing of Sarah Watts
- Place of Publication:
- Havertown : Pen & Sword Books Limited, 2018.
- Summary:
- A true crime account of a murdered teen in Victorian-era England, the Scotland Yard sergeant sent to investigate, and the gripping events that followed.Before Road there was Frome . . .before Whicher there was Smith . ..
- Contents:
- Cover
- Book Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part One (24 September 1851 - 6 October 1851)
- 1. The Murder
- 2. The Day After
- 3. The Inquest
- 4. Sergeant Henry Smith
- 5. The Investigation
- 6. The Arrests
- 7. William Maggs
- 8. William Sparrow
- 9. Robert Hurd
- Part Two (7 October 1851 - 4 April 1852)
- 10. The Magistrates' Court
- 11. Day One
- 12. Day Two
- 13. Day Three
- 14. Day Four
- Part Three (5 April 1852 - 7 April 1852)
- 15. The Assizes
- 16. 5 April 1852
- 17. Prosecution: Preliminary Address
- 18. Opening Witnesses
- 19. Henry Smith
- 20. Sightings
- 21. North Bradley
- 22. Final Witnesses
- 23. Defence: Preliminary Address
- 24. Witnesses
- 25. The Verdict
- Part Four (8 April 1852 - 16 September 1861)
- 26. 'Frome Bob'
- 27. 'Bill' Sparrow
- 28. 'Will' Maggs
- 29. Battle Farm
- 30. The Maggs Family
- 31. Frome Post Office Robbery
- 32. William Maggs - Resolution
- Part Five (16 September 1861 - 20 October 1861)
- 33. September 1861
- 34. Confession
- 35. Joseph Seer
- 36. The Other Sarah Watts
- 37. Disclosure
- 38. Resolution
- Part Six (Whatever Happened To...)
- 39. Joseph Seer
- 40. Maggs Family
- 41. Robert Hurd
- 42. William Sparrow
- 43. Leah Watts
- Afterword
- Appendix A: Scenarios A-D
- A Note on Main Sources
- Selected Bibliography
- Back Cover.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5267-0731-4
- 1-5267-0732-2
- 1-5267-0733-0
- OCLC:
- 1028942587
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