HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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#OTD 22Feb1825 amateur #Boxer and member of the #EastEnd Fancy, Edward ‘Kiddy’ Harris is executed at #Newgate for the Robbery & Attempted Murder of Sarah Drew in October of 1824.
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Bethany Usher · @bethanyusher
660 followers · 469 posts · Server mas.toSo my book #Journalism and #Crime is off to typeset! It covers from early modern origins in 16th century London, transatlantic exchanges from #newgate to #newjournalism and on through 21st century ecosystems of hypercriminality and true crime.
#newjournalism #newgate #crime #journalism
jdmccafferty · @jdmccafferty
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21 Jan 1641: John Goodman, Catholic priest, condemned to death but the reprieved at Henrietta Maria’s insistence #otd
A cousin of Godfrey Goodman the Bishop of #Gloucester he became a standoff between King & Parliament.
Died in #Newgate c. 1645.
HarryHolt1791 · @HarryHolt1791
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Another one of John Thurtell’s accessories, William Probert gave #Kings evidence against Thurtell & Hunt, and no action was taken against him but he later stole a horse and was hanged at #Newgate in 1825. #Murder #RadlettMurder
#HarryHolt #Holt #Genealogy #Bareknuckle #Boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #C18th #C19th #History
#kings #newgate #murder #radlettmurder #HarryHolt #Holt #genealogy #bareknuckle #boxing #Pugilist #Regency #Georgian #c18th #C19th #history