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03369aam a2200421 i 4500 001 69D102B69FDF11EA86A3D44697128E48 003 SILO 005 20200527010026 008 191202t20202020nyua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019055307 020 $a 0367460092 020 $a 9780367460099 035 $a (OCoLC)1128886270 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a e-uk-en 050 00 $a KD371.M8 $b G73 2020 100 1 $a Gray, Drew D., $e author. 245 10 $a Prosecuting homicide in eighteenth-century law and practice : $b "and must they all be hanged?" / $c Drew D. Gray. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Routledge, $c 2020. 300 $a 213 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a Routledge research in early modern history 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction and Themes -- "Mercy Without Justice"? : Press Criticism of the Pardoning Process in Late EighteenthCentury London : The Kennedy Case of -- "There Goes Clarke, That Blood-Selling Rascal" : Murder, Revenge and the Crowd in Early 1770s Spitalfields -- The Royal Duchess and the Apothecary's Son : Homicide, Communal Prejudice and Pleading for Pardon in Provincial England -- Sex, Scandal and Strangulation : The Strange Case of Francis Kotzwara and Susannah Hill -- Conclusions 520 $a "This volume uses four case studies, all with strong London connections, to analyze homicide law and the pardoning process in eighteenth-century England. Each reveals evidence of how attempts were made to negotiate a path through the justice system to avoid conviction, and so avoid a sentence of hanging. This approach allows a deep examination of the workings of the justice system using social and cultural history methodologies. The cases explore wider areas of social and cultural history in the period, such as the role of policing agents, attitudes towards sexuality and prostitution, press reporting, and popular conceptions of "honorable" behavior. They also allow an engagement with what has been identified as the gradual erosion of individual agency within the law, and the concomitant rise of the state. Investigating the nature of the pardoning process shows how important it was to have "friends in high places," and also uncovers ways in which the legal system was susceptible to accusations of corruption. Readers will find an illuminating view of eighteenth-century London through a legal lens"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Trials (Murder) $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Capital punishment $z England $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Clemency $z England $x History $x History $y 18th century. 650 7 $a Capital punishment. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00846392 650 7 $a Trials (Murder) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01156368 651 7 $a England. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219920 648 7 $a 1700-1799 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 776 08 $i Online version: $a Gray, Drew D., $t Prosecuting homicide in eighteenth-century law and practice. $d Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2020. $z 9781003026440 $w (DLC) 2019055308 830 0 $a Routledge research in early modern history. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20210721014133.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=69D102B69FDF11EA86A3D44697128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search