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human interest
Two cases of child stealing
Both involved callous deception.
Charlotte Long, hanged in 1833, for setting fire to haystacks
A miscarriage of justice – in many ways.
Hannah Palmer: Executed with her brother for the murder of his wife (1801)
A cruel and stupid crime.
Mother of 8 Ann Woodman, condemned to death for uttering forged banknotes
How did the authorities respond?
“A Warning to Thousands”: Sarah Lloyd
The wages of her sin were death