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Ref NoDEP/LAT/1/57/48
TitleNewspaper cutting on a murder
Date[mid 19th century]
Description Of ItemNewspaper cutting on the murder of a young boy by an eighteen-year-old man, named Burton, who did so in order to be hanged. After the deed he surrendered himself to the police and volunteered evidence. During court, any attempt to prove his insanity in order to avert the sentence was lost as he was pleased about the result. This item is from the collection of Thomas Laycock.
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