Subject (Name): Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century. / Subject (Topic): Murder

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Hertfordshire tragedy. Or, The evil effects of gaming. Giving the particulars of the execution of

Published / Created:: [1823]
Call Number:: File 523 W362 823H++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Description:: Caption title., First lines: What horrid deeds from gaming, take place now every day, the human mind inflaming, 'tis sure to lead astray ..., Entirely in verse; text printed in five columns confined to lower half of sheet. The six woodcut illustrations include two portraits of the accused with mention of their punishments ("John Thurtell, guilty, death"; "Joseph Hunt for transporta[t]ion"); three views of areas associated with the crime ("A view of Gill's Hill Lane"; "View of Probert's cottage and pond"; "The pond where the body was found"); and an uncaptioned depiction of the public execution of Thurtell in front of a crowd of onlookers and hawkers., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: Pitts printer, wholesale toy and marble warehouse, 6, Great St. Andrew Street, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):: England and Hertfordshire.
Subject (Name):: Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.
Subject (Topic):: Murder, Murderers, and Hangings (Executions)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Hertfordshire tragedy. Or, The evil effects of gaming. Giving the particulars of the execution of John Thurtell, for the murder of Mr. Weare. -- (in verse).

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The whole particulars of a most barbarous, cruel, and horrid murder, committed upon the body of W

Published / Created:: [1823]
Call Number:: File 523 W362 823++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: text and still image
Alternative Title:: Just published --- Price twopence ---
Description:: Caption title., First line: On Friday night 24th ult. a murder was committed at a place about 6 miles from the town of Watford, Herts. ..., Printed in four columns. With two large woodcuts beneath the title illustrating the murder and the discovery of the body. A third, smaller woodcut depicting the burial of the victim appears in the lower right, above a poem with the heading "A copy of verses": A horrid deed I will relate, but newly brought to light, a deed so foul and barbarous, you've seldom heard the like ..., The Radlett murder, also know as the Elstree murder. The victim was William Weare was murdered by John Thurtell, who owed him a gambling debt, and his accomplices Joseph Hunt and William Probert., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:: J. Catnach, printer, 2, Monmouth-Ct., 7 Dials, London
Subject (Geographic):: England, Hertfordshire., and England.
Subject (Name):: Weare, William, -1823., Thurtell, John, 1794-1824., Hunt, Joseph, active 19th century., and Probert, William, -1825.
Subject (Topic):: Murder, Criminals, and Homicides
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The whole particulars of a most barbarous, cruel, and horrid murder, committed upon the body of W. Weare, Esq. --- : together with the dreadful confessions of Hunt and Probart [sic].