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An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten, with a full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red barn; to which is added the trial of William Corder. Taken at large in short hand specially for this work, with an account of his execution, dissection, &c., and many interestng particulars relative to the village of Polstead and its vicinity; the prison correspondence of Corder, and fifty-three letters, in answer to his advertisement for a wife / The whole compiled and arranged with upwards of three hundred explanatory notes, by J. Curtis.
Curtis, J. (James), active 1828-1835Date: 1828
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An authentic and faithful history of the mysterious murder of Maria Marten, with a full development of all the extraordinary circumstances which led to the discovery of her body in the Red barn; to which is added the trial of William Corder. Taken at large in short hand specially for this work, with an account of his execution, dissection, &c., and many interestng particulars relative to the village of Polstead and its vicinity; the prison correspondence of Corder, and fifty-three letters, in answer to his advertisement for a wife / The whole compiled and arranged with upwards of three hundred explanatory notes, by J. Curtis.
Corder, William, 1803-1828.Date: 1828
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The trial (at large) of James Hill; otherwise James Hind; otherwise, James Actzen: for feloniously, wilfully, and maliciously, setting fire to the rope-house, in His Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth. Tried at the Assize, at Winchester, on Thursday, March 6, 1777. Before the honorable Sir William Henry Ashhurst, knt. ... and Sir Beaumont Hotham, knt. ... / Taken in short-hand ... by Joseph Gurney. And published by permission of the judges.
Aitken, James, 1752-1777.Date: [1777?]
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The trial of Richard Patch for the wilful murder of Isaac Blight, at Rotherhithe, on the 23d of September, 1805, at the Session House, Newington, Surrey, on Saturday, the fifth of April, 1806 / Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney and W.B. Gurney.
Patch, Richard, -1806.Date: 1806- Books
Pratt's edition of the trial of Alexander and Michael McKean (alias Alexander & Michael Keand,) for the murder of Elizabeth Bate, on the 22d. of May last, at Lancaster assizes, on Friday the 18th. of August, 1826 : to which are added full particulars of their apprehension, of their conduct whilst in prison, and an account of their execution / Taken in short-hand by R. Bulfield, Lancaster.
McKean, Alexander, -1826.Date: [1826?]