Olde Yorkshire Punishments (eBook)

Howard Peach (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2008
128 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-5255-2 (ISBN)

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This fascinating volume explores the darkest aspects of crime and punishment in Yorkshire over the centuries - a history by turns gruesome, intriguing and strange. From the stocks, joug and branding iron to the prison cell, galley - and noose - every punishment that could befall the criminals of Yorkshire is included in this volume. Some are horrific; some, like the nailing of ears to the pillory, bizarre; and some, like the little girl who died in 1856 'through fear of whipping by the school mistress', heartbreakingly sad.
Containing notorious villains such as Charlie Peace and Eugene Aram, true-life cases, underworld institutions such as 'flash houses', and the extraordinary histories of executioners such as 'Mutton' Currey of York, who once was so intoxicated that he tried to hang the officiating priest instead of the condemned, this book has much to surprise and entertain the reader. With sections on Church scandals, why bull baiting was a legal requirement and the use of the Sharp Maiden - the guillotine - it will delight anyone with an interest in Yorkshire's penal history.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.4.2008
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Strafverfahrensrecht
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: branding iron • bull baiting • Charlie peace • church scandals • Crime • crime & punishment • Crime and Punishment • crime and punishment, crime & punishment, Yorkshire, gruesome, the stocks, the joug, branding iron, prison cell, prison cells, the galley, the noose, criminals, crimes, criminal, crime, horrific, nailing of ears to the pillory, pilloried, whipping, whip, villains, villain, Charlie peace, Eugene aram • crimes • criminal • criminals • dark history • Eugene aram|true crime • executioner • executioners • flash houses • gruesome • Horrific • ‘mutton’ currey • mutton currey of York • nailing of ears to the pillory • Penal History • pilloried • prison cell • prison cells • Real Crime • the galley • the guillotine • the joug • the noose • the sharp maiden • the stocks • the Underworld • true crime, real crime, the underworld, flash houses, executioner, executioners, mutton currey of York, ‘mutton’ currey, church scandals, bull baiting, the sharp maiden, the guillotine, penal history, dark history • villain • Villains • Whip • whipping • Yorkshire
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-5255-5 / 0750952555
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-5255-2 / 9780750952552