Drew D. Gray

Prosecuting Homicide in Eighteenth-Century Law and Practice (eBook, ePUB)

"And Must They All Be Hanged?"

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book analyzes homicide prosecution in the 18th century. Using case studies, it explores the ways law intersected with concerns about the relationships between government and the governed, and argues that previous studies have underplayed the importance of context in determining who hanged.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 222
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000047929
• Artikelnr.: 58688384

Autorenporträt

Drew D. Gray is the head of Humanities at the University of Northampton.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction and Themes 2. "Mercy Without Justice"? Press Criticism of
the Pardoning Process in Late Eighteenth-Century London: The Kennedy Case
of 1770 3. "There Goes Clarke, That Blood-Selling Rascal": Murder, Revenge
and the Crowd in Early 1770s Spitalfields 4. The Royal Duchess and the
Apothecary's Son: Homicide, Communal Prejudice and Pleading for Pardon in
Provincial England 5. Sex, Scandal and Strangulation: The Strange Case of
Francis Kotzwara and Susannah Hill 6. Conclusions