'A lasting and salutary warning': incendiarism, rural order and England's last scene of crime execution

Poole, S. print (2008) 'A lasting and salutary warning': incendiarism, rural order and England's last scene of crime execution. Rural History, 19 (2). pp. 163-177. ISSN 0956-7933

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Abstract

A study of the last crime scene execution under English law, at Kenn, Somerset in 1830, in which three agricultural labourers were hanged on a makeshift gallows for incendiarism.

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Additional Information:This article © Cambridge University Press 2008
Uncontrolled Keywords:agricultural labourers, rural protest, Somerset, Kenn, incendiarism, execution, cider, hanging
Faculty/Department:~Pre-2012 Faculty Structure > Faculty of Creative Arts, Humanities and Education > Department of History, Philosophy and Politics
Faculty of Arts, Creative Industries and Education > Department of Arts
ID Code:11681
Deposited By: Dr S. print Poole
Deposited On:10 Nov 2010 13:46
Last Modified:23 Nov 2012 19:28

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