An account of a most barbarous and unparalleled MURDER of Ann Smith, a ballad singer, by a wretch named Samuel Thorley, a butcher's assistant, at Congleton, Cheshire, and who actually eat [sic] part of the flesh of his unfortunate victim.
- Date:
- [1820?]
- Ephemera
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Description
Broadside, describing the dismemberment of Ann Smith by Samuel Thorley in full, bloody detail. It relates his devouring of parts of her body and his subsequent hanging.
Publication/Creation
Sunderland : G. Summers, [1820?]
Physical description
1 broadside ; 29 cm
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Location Status Access Closed storesEPH724Location Access Closed storesEPH724:2Note