Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: The life, trials, and execution of John Thurtell, executed at Hertford on Friday, Jan. 9, 1824, for the murder of Mr. Weare

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Broadside: The life, trials, and execution of John Thurtell, executed at Hertford on Friday, Jan. 9, 1824, for the murder of Mr. Weare

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Title Broadside: The life, trials, and execution of John Thurtell, executed at Hertford on Friday, Jan. 9, 1824, for the murder of Mr. Weare
Date 1824
Time Period 19th century
Description Photocopy of a broadside describing the life, trial, and execution of John Thurtell for the murder of William Weare. Includes several woodcut illustrations of the events, and the ballad, "A Warning from the Tomb; or, J. Thurtell's Caution to the Youth of Great Britain."
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 photocopy of a broadside (19.5 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
Thurtell-Hunt Murder Case
Trials
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
poetry
street ballads
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England

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