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Sorrowful copy of verses on the awful death and last moments of Jame Connor
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| English ballads > Crime & punishment > Sorrowful copy of verses on the awful death and last moments of Jame Connor |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74891248 |
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| Description | " ... who was twice hanged at Kirkdale Goal [sic], for the Mill Street murder". The execution took place in 1873. First line of text reads: It will be remembered that at the late/ assizes, James Connor was sentenced to/ death for the murder of James Gaffney in/ Mill Street on the 11th of August. First line of verse reads: All you that are Christians of every degree. Jame Connor is in fact James O'Connor. |
| Shelfmark | Crawford.EB.1504 |
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| Description | Collection of 2,300 broadside ballads, mostly printed in England in the 19th century. Topics range from courtship, crime, disasters and emigration to fashion, theatre, politics, laments sports and old age. Includes ballads on Scotland and Ireland. Part of the Crawford Collections on deposit from the Balcarres Heritage Trust. |
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