Edmund Posted February 22, 2014 Share Posted February 22, 2014 What's an 'unnatural crime' ? I didn't dare ask, bet it involves livestock, celery and a flying helmet I think this may be what you had in mind? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 8th Jan 1853. Alfred Waddington, of Sheffield, was this day executed at York for having murdered his illegitimate child, twenty months old, on the 18th of August previously. On the 15th, James Barbour, of the same place was executed for the murder of Alexander Robinson, after having made a confession of his guilt. Annals of Yorkshire 1874 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted October 18, 2014 Share Posted October 18, 2014 8th Dec 1852. Alfred Waddington, of Sheffield, was this day executed at York for having murdered his illegitimate child, twenty months old, on the 18th of August previously. 16th Dec 1852 James Barbour, of the same place ,was executed for' the murder of Alexander Robinson, after having made a' confession of his guilt. Annals of Yorkshire 1874 Wrong year vox! Both were executed in January 1853. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 1852 is what it says in the book. I just copied and pasted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 1861. NOVEMBER 12th. Alfred Hinchliffe, of Treeton, was found dead in Shirland Lane, Attercliffe, Sheffield, robbed and possibly murdered. The coroner's jury returned an open verdict. ANNALS OF YORKSHIRE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vox Posted October 19, 2014 Share Posted October 19, 2014 1861 NOVEMBER 7th. A man named Thomas Townend, a scissors maker at Sheffield, having for some time lived criminally with his step-daughter, Eliza Fisher, in Heptonstall Lane, Attercliffe, shot her with a pistol, but she ultimately recovered. He then shot himself with the same weapon, and lived till the 17th, when he died. In his case the coroner's jury returned a verdict of felo de se ; he was accordingly buried at midnight, and in the case of his stepdaughter a verdict of wilful murder was returned against him. ANNALS OF YORKSHIRE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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