Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: Barbarous and awful murder, committed upon the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, near the city of Chester, by her own son, John Wood who cut her throat from ear to ear. How the murder was found out, for which he was tried, executed, on Friday last, and hung in chains near the spot

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Broadside: Barbarous and awful murder, committed upon the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, near the city of Chester, by her own son, John Wood who cut her throat from ear to ear. How the murder was found out, for which he was tried, executed, on Friday last, and hung in chains near the spot

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Title Broadside: Barbarous and awful murder, committed upon the body of Mrs. Elizabeth Wood, near the city of Chester, by her own son, John Wood who cut her throat from ear to ear. How the murder was found out, for which he was tried, executed, on Friday last, and hung in chains near the spot
Publisher Keys, Printer
Time Period 19th century
circa 1833
Description Undated broadside regarding the murder of Elizabeth Wood by her son, John Wood. Includes ballad verses.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (14.75 x 6.5 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 Capital Punishment
Murder, General
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
poetry
street ballads
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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