A narrative of the mysterious and dreadful murder of Mr. W. Weare : containing the examination before the magistrates, the Coroner's Inquest, the confession of Hunt, and other particulars previous to the trial, collected from the best sources of intelligence, with anecdotes of Weare, Thurtell, Hunt, Probert, and others, and a full report of the trial, and subsequent execution at Hertford
- Bib ID:
- 7088015
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- London : Printed and published by J. M'Gowan, Great Windmill Street, [1824?]
- 247 pages, 3 unnumbered plates : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Summary:
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"A contemporary account of the infamous Elstree Murder (sometimes known as the Radlett Murder). In 1823, John Thurtell murdered solicitor William Weare near Radlett in Hertfordshire, in a dispute over a gambling debt. Thurtell and his accomplices buried Weare's corpse near Elstree, a nearby village. Following their arrest and trial, Thurtell and one of his accomplices were found guilty of murder. Thurtell's punishment was execution by hanging followed by dissection of his body. Joseph Hunt was also sentenced to death but this was commuted to transportation to New South Wales for life. Hunt was eventually emancipated and became a police constable in Sydney, dying in 1861."--Book vendor's description.
- Notes:
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- "Illustrated by engravings"--Title page.
- "We have stretched the fiery boaster in his grave", Irene--Title page.
- Frontispiece: "Thurtell, Hunt and Probert after supper in the parlour of Gill's Hill Cottage".
- National Library of Australia's copy has a different frontispiece depicting "The barberous murder of Mr. Weare"; "Thurtell, Hunt and Probert after supper in the parlour of Gill's Hill Cottage" appears following page 116, and "The Execution" appears following page 243. This copy has mild waterstaining to preliminaries and last few leaves, small marginal loss at lower fore-edge of preliminaries and approximately 30 leaves, not affecting any of the text, occasional darkening.
- Binding:
- Half bound in brown calf leather with marbled boards.
- Subject:
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- Weare, William, -1823 -- Assassination
- Thurtell, John, 1794-1824 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Hunt, Joseph, active 1859 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Probert, William, -1825 -- Trials, litigation, etc
- Trials (Murder) -- England -- London
- Gambling -- England -- London
- Transportation of convicts -- New South Wales
- Elstree (England)
- Australian
- Also Titled:
- Murder of Mr. Weare
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Since 1894 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1824
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