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Broadside: Life, trial, and execution, of William Palmer, for the wilful [sic] murder of John Parsons Cook, by poisoning, at Rugeley Staffordshire executed in front of Stafford Gaol, on Saturday June 14th, 1856

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Broadside: Life, trial, and execution, of William Palmer, for the wilful [sic] murder of John Parsons Cook, by poisoning, at Rugeley Staffordshire executed in front of Stafford Gaol, on Saturday June 14th, 1856

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Title Broadside: Life, trial, and execution, of William Palmer, for the wilful [sic] murder of John Parsons Cook, by poisoning, at Rugeley Staffordshire executed in front of Stafford Gaol, on Saturday June 14th, 1856
Publisher Printed by John Chapman, 10, Lamb-Street, Saint Judes' Bristol
Date 1856
Time Period 19th century
Description Broadside regarding the life, trial, and execution of William Palmer for the murder of John Parsons Cook. Includes street ballad verses and woodcut illustrations of William Palmer and the execution.
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (19.25 x 14.25 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
Poison
Trials
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
poetry
street ballads
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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