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A True and particular account of the cruel and inhuman murder, that was committed by one Susanna Mor...

A True and particular account of the cruel and inhuman murder, that was committed by one Susanna Mor...

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A True and particular account of the cruel and inhuman murder, that was committed by one Susanna Morton, aged 23 years, on her bastard child, with the assistance of one James Preston, aged 70, who were both executed on Thursday last, at Derby, together with their last dying words and confessions; likewise the most remarkable and shocking account of Ann Hoon, aged 24 years, for the murder of her infant child, about 14 months old, by throwing it into a tub of water, in order to surrender herself up for execution, on account of her being threatened with a prosecution for breaking down a rail or two of a fencing belonging to a gentleman's plantation in the neighbourhood, she being short of wood to heat her oven, and could not bear the thoughts of being parted from her child whom she was so fond of. Also an account of the murder of Hannah Oldfield, by Job Ward, her fellow servant, by giving her arsenic, for the purpose of procuring abhortion, she being with child by him [electronic resource].

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A True and particular account of the cruel and inhuman murder, that was committed by one Susanna Morton, aged 23 years, on her bastard child, with the assistance of one James Preston, aged 70, who were both executed on Thursday last, at Derby, together with their last dying words and confessions; likewise the most remarkable and shocking account of Ann Hoon, aged 24 years, for the murder of her infant child, about 14 months old, by throwing it into a tub of water, in order to surrender herself up for execution, on account of her being threatened with a prosecution for breaking down a rail or two of a fencing belonging to a gentleman's plantation in the neighbourhood, she being short of wood to heat her oven, and could not bear the thoughts of being parted from her child whom she was so fond of. Also an account of the murder of Hannah Oldfield, by Job Ward, her fellow servant, by giving her arsenic, for the purpose of procuring abhortion, she being with child by him [electronic resource].

Publisher

[Derby or London? : s.n., 1796?]

Date

1796?]

Record Identifier

74VKpZRbozOl

MMS ID

991019181809702626

Language

English

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Physical content

8 p. : 1 ill. ; 4°

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Publisher

[Derby or London? : s.n., 1796?]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

1796?]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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A True and particular account of the cruel and inhuman murder, that was committed by one Susanna Morton, aged 23 years, on her bastard child, with the assistance of one James Preston, aged 70, who were both executed on Thursday last, at Derby, together with their last dying words and confessions; likewise the most remarkable and shocking account of...

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General note

"... Also an account of the murder of Hannah Oldfield, by Job Ward, ..."--t.p.

Description based on a copy in the Bodleian Library, Oxford which bears the MS date "March 10. 1796"

Possibly printed in Derby or London.

Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).

Woodcut on p. 8.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T300556.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74VKpZRbozOl

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKpZRbozOl

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MMS ID

991019181809702626