RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN THURTELL, WHO WAS EXECUTED AT HERTFORD ON FRIDAY, THE 9TH OF JANUARY, 1824; FOR MURDERING MR. W. WEARE: INCLUDING VARIOUS ANECDOTES, AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS DEMEANOUR AFTER SENTENCE WAS PASSED. ALSO, THE CONDEMNED SERMON, AND A CORRECT VIEW OF THE EXECUTION, TAKEN ON THE SPOT BY AN EMINENT ARTIST. BY...BEING AN APPENDIX TO HIS ACCOUNT OF THE TRIAL.
London: Knight & Lacey, 1824. [2], 44pp, plus facsimile of the frontis [the execution scene]. Light spotting, bound in modern cloth. Good+.
The victim, a lawyer and gambler, had lent money to Thurtell, an amateur boxer. When Weare came to collect, Thurtell killed him. Item #28559
Price: $75.00
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