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Broadside: An account of the life, trial, condemnation, confession, and execution of John Ward, aged 26, who was executed on the New Drop, at Lincoln, on the 27th of July, 1849, for the murder of his mother, at Thorpe, near Wainfleet

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Broadside: An account of the life, trial, condemnation, confession, and execution of John Ward, aged 26, who was executed on the New Drop, at Lincoln, on the 27th of July, 1849, for the murder of his mother, at Thorpe, near Wainfleet

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Title Broadside: An account of the life, trial, condemnation, confession, and execution of John Ward, aged 26, who was executed on the New Drop, at Lincoln, on the 27th of July, 1849, for the murder of his mother, at Thorpe, near Wainfleet
Publisher R.E. Leary, Printer, 19, Strait, Lincoln
Date 1849
Time Period 19th century
Description Broadside detailing the crime, trial, and execution of John Ward for the murder of his mother. Includes ballad verses and woodcut illustrations of Ward in a jail cell and the execution.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (20 x 14.75 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 Capital Punishment
Murder, General
Trials
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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