Author: Mick Davis
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 139811135X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A look at the dark side of life in Bath in centuries past. This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in the history of crime as well as those who want to know more about the history of Bath and the South West of England.
Bath Murders and Misdemeanours
Author: Mick Davis
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 139811135X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A look at the dark side of life in Bath in centuries past. This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in the history of crime as well as those who want to know more about the history of Bath and the South West of England.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 139811135X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
A look at the dark side of life in Bath in centuries past. This book will fascinate anyone with an interest in the history of crime as well as those who want to know more about the history of Bath and the South West of England.
Murder at the Inn
Author: James Moore
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750963336
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In which pub was the notorious murder that led to the Kray twins becoming Britain's most feared gangsters? Where is the hostelry in which Jack the Ripper's victims drank? How did Burke and Hare befriend their victims in a Scottish watering hole before luring them to their deaths? What is the name of the pub where the Lord Lucan mystery first came to light? And how did a pub become the scene of the murder that led to Ruth Ellis going to the gallows? For centuries, the history of beer and pubs has gone hand in hand with some of the nation's most despicable and fascinating crimes. Packed with grizzly murders – including fascinating little-known cases – as well as sinister stories of smuggling, robbery and sexual intrigue, Murder at the Inn is a treasure trove of dark tales linked to the best drinking haunts and historic hotels across the land.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750963336
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
In which pub was the notorious murder that led to the Kray twins becoming Britain's most feared gangsters? Where is the hostelry in which Jack the Ripper's victims drank? How did Burke and Hare befriend their victims in a Scottish watering hole before luring them to their deaths? What is the name of the pub where the Lord Lucan mystery first came to light? And how did a pub become the scene of the murder that led to Ruth Ellis going to the gallows? For centuries, the history of beer and pubs has gone hand in hand with some of the nation's most despicable and fascinating crimes. Packed with grizzly murders – including fascinating little-known cases – as well as sinister stories of smuggling, robbery and sexual intrigue, Murder at the Inn is a treasure trove of dark tales linked to the best drinking haunts and historic hotels across the land.
The English Convict Hulks 1600s - 1868
Author: Mick Davis
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399054511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals by packing them into ships and sending them off to the American colonies to be sold as what nearly amounted to slave labor. All this came to an end with the revolution of 1776 and the legal system was stuck with an ever-increasing army of desperate felons. As there was no national prison system, these felons were crammed on to derelict sailing ships, the hulks, and put to hard labor in appalling conditions, mainly along the rivers Thames and Medway. Their story has been largely ignored by generations of historians and here, for the first time, detailed accounts of their plight, along with the lives and careers of the quite extraordinary men who ruled over them, is examined. Duncan Campbell, for instance, was the ship's captain and plantation owner who first organized the hulk system, and Aaron Graham the magistrate who spied upon, and then defended, the leader of the Nore mutiny and employed William Bligh of the Bounty mutiny to captain his ships. There are biographies of some of the colorful rogues, children and gentleman thieves who were crammed together and condemned to spend years in despair, starvation and degradation, often with their arms and legs manacled and subject to vicious punishments for minor infringements of the regulations. In theory, the hulks were simply holding pens until convicts could be shipped off to the new colonies in Australia, but many sentenced to be transported for terms of between seven years to life were destined to serve most of, if not all, their term onboard. Those that did make it to the other side of the world after a harrowing journey were seldom better off and their story is told in the final chapter.
Publisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 1399054511
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, Britain had eased its problem of crowded jails and surplus criminals by packing them into ships and sending them off to the American colonies to be sold as what nearly amounted to slave labor. All this came to an end with the revolution of 1776 and the legal system was stuck with an ever-increasing army of desperate felons. As there was no national prison system, these felons were crammed on to derelict sailing ships, the hulks, and put to hard labor in appalling conditions, mainly along the rivers Thames and Medway. Their story has been largely ignored by generations of historians and here, for the first time, detailed accounts of their plight, along with the lives and careers of the quite extraordinary men who ruled over them, is examined. Duncan Campbell, for instance, was the ship's captain and plantation owner who first organized the hulk system, and Aaron Graham the magistrate who spied upon, and then defended, the leader of the Nore mutiny and employed William Bligh of the Bounty mutiny to captain his ships. There are biographies of some of the colorful rogues, children and gentleman thieves who were crammed together and condemned to spend years in despair, starvation and degradation, often with their arms and legs manacled and subject to vicious punishments for minor infringements of the regulations. In theory, the hulks were simply holding pens until convicts could be shipped off to the new colonies in Australia, but many sentenced to be transported for terms of between seven years to life were destined to serve most of, if not all, their term onboard. Those that did make it to the other side of the world after a harrowing journey were seldom better off and their story is told in the final chapter.
Victorian Murders
Author: Jan Bondeson
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445666316
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.
Publisher: Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN: 1445666316
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 482
Book Description
This book features fifty-six Victorian murder cases from the files of the Illustrated Police News.
Parliamentary Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
Report
Author: Commonwealth Shipping Committee
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Shipping
Languages : en
Pages : 668
Book Description
A Compendious and Comprehensive Law Dictionary
Author: Thomas Walter Williams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1034
Book Description
Judicial Statistics, England and Wales
Author: Great Britain. Home Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Vols. for 1857-1921 issued in two parts: Pt. 1 contains statistics on criminal proceedings; Pt. 2 contains statistics on civil proceedings.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 1342
Book Description
Vols. for 1857-1921 issued in two parts: Pt. 1 contains statistics on criminal proceedings; Pt. 2 contains statistics on civil proceedings.
Judicial Statistics, England and Wales
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal statistics
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Sessional Papers
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description