Stories of denial and desperation
human interest
The death of Frances Colpitts – Part 2
The outcome of the murder trial of Esther Hibner
The death of Frances Colpitts
How pauper Frances Colpitts came to be apprenticed to the Hibners.
1829: The cost of executing Jane Jameson
Newcastle was practically en fête
Sydney Smith to Georgiana Morpeth: Advice concerning low spirits
My favourite is “Read amusing books.”
James Scarlett, silver-tongued lawyer
A wit, and sometimes a little bit cruel with it.