A cruel and stupid crime.
Crime
Mother of 8 Ann Woodman, condemned to death for uttering forged banknotes
How did the authorities respond?
Harriet Skelton’s letter to the Bank of England
As a footnote, while researching another story of fraud and uttering, I have found Harriet Skelton‘s letter to the Bank of England, pleading for mercy. Hon. Sirs The gentleman who presents to your Mr M[to come] letters on my behalf, has stated to me that there is no hope of obtaining a change of my […]
“A Warning to Thousands”: Sarah Lloyd
The wages of her sin were death
Ann Crampton, who “swept the whole concern away”
A woman takes a drastic course of action
Harriet Skelton – “Chosen for death”
She paid for the crimes of others.
The D’Antraigues murders on Madame Gilflurt’s blog
Horrifying bloodshed at Barnes
Child-stripping and child stealing in the Regency
The clothes stolen children wore could be sold for profit
47 cases of infanticide at the Old Bailey
Stories of denial and desperation
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.
James Scarlett, silver-tongued lawyer
A wit, and sometimes a little bit cruel with it.
Mary Ann Whitby: The role of the Regency nursemaid
Mary Ann Whitby was only thirteen when she arrived to take on duties as a nursemaid.
Eliza Fenning: Guest post at All Things Georgian
Innocent but proved guilty.
1816: The knife murderer of Shabbington
A murderous attack. An inevitable execution.
Child-stealing: The case of Thomas Dellow
Missing for 8 weeks.
1803: A fatal duel at Chalk Farm (no romance involved)
Macho behaviour. Age-old story.
1807: The execution of Holloway and Haggerty: tragedy upon tragedy
Wrongful conviction, followed by execution and multiple deaths.
Life in the King’s Bench Prison
It looked OK but it was really not.
The escape of prisoners from Newgate
1816: six men escape on to the roof of Newgate prison.
Body snatching in Clerkenwell
1818: An inquisitive child in Clerkenwell makes an alarming discovery.
The murder trial of Robert Hallam
1731: The trial of Robert Hallam for the murder of his heavily pregnant wife Jane who was thrown from a window
A prisoner dies of starvation in Tothill-fields bridewell
The death of John Burden appals the coroner.
Catch me if you can: The extraordinary career of Charles Price aka The Social Monster
The amazing 18th-century criminal career of Charles Price, forger, imposter, fraudster, con artist and master of disguise.
“Guilty – death”: two executions from 1817
Two executions from 1817: burglary and infanticide reported in The Observer
A sensational child abduction case from 1818: Joseph Charles Horsley
Celebrated case of historical child abduction: In 1818 3-year-old Joseph Charles Horsley was abducted in London by his second cousin Charles Rennett