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Broadside: Fatal courtship or an account of the trial and execution of John Watson, cotton spinner, at Lancaster, on Saturday, April 22, 1826, for the murder of Mary Johnston, (a servant girl with Mr. John Robson, of Blackburn) 18 years of age, whom he had seduced, under a promise of marriage, and who was pregnant at the time of the murder

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Broadside: Fatal courtship or an account of the trial and execution of John Watson, cotton spinner, at Lancaster, on Saturday, April 22, 1826, for the murder of Mary Johnston, (a servant girl with Mr. John Robson, of Blackburn) 18 years of age, whom he had seduced, under a promise of marriage, and who was pregnant at the time of the murder

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Title Broadside: Fatal courtship or an account of the trial and execution of John Watson, cotton spinner, at Lancaster, on Saturday, April 22, 1826, for the murder of Mary Johnston, (a servant girl with Mr. John Robson, of Blackburn) 18 years of age, whom he had seduced, under a promise of marriage, and who was pregnant at the time of the murder
Publisher Boag, Printer, Newcastle
Date 1826
Time Period 19th century
Description Broadside regarding the trial and execution of John Watson for the murder of Mary Johnston.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (14.75 x 6.75 inches)
Institution Kent State University
Repository Special Collections and Archives
Finding aid title Finding Aid for the British Criminal Broadsides collection
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Format of Original document
Subject Capital Punishment
Crimes Against Children
Murder, General
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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