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Broadside: An account of the dying words and execution of John, Peter, and William Stevens, a father and two sons, who underwent the awful sentence of the law, at Derby, on Saturday, April 6, 1835, for a highway robbery, and barbarously and inhumanly treating their unfortunate victims

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Broadside: An account of the dying words and execution of John, Peter, and William Stevens, a father and two sons, who underwent the awful sentence of the law, at Derby, on Saturday, April 6, 1835, for a highway robbery, and barbarously and inhumanly treating their unfortunate victims

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Title Broadside: An account of the dying words and execution of John, Peter, and William Stevens, a father and two sons, who underwent the awful sentence of the law, at Derby, on Saturday, April 6, 1835, for a highway robbery, and barbarously and inhumanly treating their unfortunate victims
Publisher Johnson, Printer, Cambridge
Date 1835
Time Period 19th century
Description Broadside detailing the executions of John, Peter, and William Stevens on April 6, 1835 for highway robbery, burglary, and assaulting the victims. Includes a woodcut illustration of the execution.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (15 x 5 inches)
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the British Criminal Broadsides collection
Access Rights This digital object is owned by Kent State University and may be protected by U.S. Copyright law (Title 17, USC). Please include proper citation and credit for use of this item. Use in publications or productions is prohibited without written permission from Kent State University. Please contact the Department of Special Collections and Archives for more information.
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Format of Original document
Subject Assaults
Capital Punishment
Heists & Robberies
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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