Caption title., First line: We have the painful task ..., Mostly printed in two columns, with short section at the bottom in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution., The men, referred to in the text as ‘proper subjects for capital punishment’, were executed 29 November 1826 for the following crimes: Hayes was convicted of breaking into the dwelling-house of his employer; Boyce was part of a gang convicted for assault; King and Robinson were members of the Bethnal Green gang who committed ‘assault on the highway’; and Nicholls and Goulby were convicted of robbing a ‘poor old man ... attended with the most cruel and brutal violence’., and Contemporary ink annotation on verso noting the date of the execution. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
T. Birt, 10, Great St. Andrews Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Assault and battery), Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Caption title., First line: William Newitt aged ..., A crudely printed broadside with numerous typographical errors, the text in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution: a crowd watching four men hang from the gallows., Includes a report on the executions of William Newitt (for stealing 30 sheep), Thomas Maynard (for forging a payment of £1,900), Stephen Sandford and Will Lesslie (for an extensive burglary); the men were hanged on 31 December 1829. The final paragraph reports the extraordinary story of a failed plot (led by Sandford) to blow up Newgate prison and effect an escape., and Laid down; dated "Thursday Dec. 31st 1829" in contemporary manuscript. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Bishop, printer, 14 Shorts Gardens, Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Thieves, Forgery, Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
