Author: JONES, GEORGE HENRY; (Clerk to the Magistrate).
Title: Account of The Murder of the Late Mr. William Weare of Lyon's Inn, London, Including the Circumstances which first led to the Discovery of the murder, and the Detection of the Murderers, The Depositions taken before the magistrates, The Coroner's inquest, The Trials of the prisoners, and The Execution of John Thurtell at Hertford, on Friday the 9th of January 1824. Embellished with views of Gill's-Hill cottage, the point in the garden where the body was concealed, of Hill-Slough near Elstree, where it was finally deposited; and Portraits of the Prisoners.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. [viii], 344; engraved frontispiece, text with three full page engravings, and two folding plans, bound in half black leather, with marbled boards, title lettered in gilt on spine, raised bands, spine with gilt decoration, bookplate of M & R Disney Davidson on front endpaper, very good copy. London; Sherwood, Jones, and Co. Paternoster-Row; 1824. Thurtell and Hunt were tried for the murder of William Weare, the crime gained a great deal of attention and was the subject of numerous books and stage plays. It is commemorated by the rhyme They cut his throat from ear to ear, His head they battered in, His name was Mr. William Were, He lived in Lyons Inn.

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