Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: Trial, confession and execution of T. Drory & S. Chesham

Borowitz True Crime Digital Collection

Broadside: Trial, confession and execution of T. Drory & S. Chesham

Title Broadside: Trial, confession and execution of T. Drory & S. Chesham
Publisher Smith, Printer, High Street, Chelmsford
Date 1851
Time Period 19th century
Description Broadside describing the trial, confession, and execution of Thomas Drory for the murder of J. Denny; and Sarah Chesham for poisoning her husband. Includes a woodcut illustration of the execution, and ballad verses titled "The Dying Moments of Sarah Chesham and T. Drory."
General Subject Area Crime
Extent 1 broadside (19 x 14.25 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
Intimate Partner Violence
Murder, General
Poison
Provenance British Criminal Broadsides collection
Genre/Format broadsides
poetry
street ballads
Geographical Location United Kingdom. England