The cruel mistress : being, the genuine trial of Elizabeth Branch, and her own daughter; for the murder of Jane Buttersworth, their servant maid: who were executed on Saturday, May 3. 1740. at Ivelchester in the Country of Somerset. Together with an account of their lives, and the many Cruelties they were guilty of, particularly that of making their own Servant Boy eat his own Excrement. Their Behaviour whilst under Sentence of Death, and their Last Dying Speeches, made at the Place of Execution.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Trials (Murder)--England--Early works to 1800.

Trials (Murder).

Branch, Elizabeth--Early works to 1800.

Branch, Elizabeth.

Branch, Mary, d. 1740--Early works to 1800.

Branch, Mary.

Buttersworth, Jane, d. 1739--Early works to 1800.

Buttersworth, Jane.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (36p.,plates )

Other Title:

Cruel mistress

Place of Publication:

London : printed for C. Simpson, at Danvers's Head in the Old Baily, and sold by the booksellers of town and country, 1740.

Notes:

Running title: 'The trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Branch, and Mary Branch her own daughter'.

At bottom of title page: (Price Six-Pence)

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T112927.

OCLC:

642284108