An account of the life, trial, & execution of Alexander Thompson :
who was executed in the City of York, on Wednesday, 15th Dec. 1843, for the cruel murders of his wife and four children, and afterwards hung his aged mother on a tree in the garden ; with The Dumfries tragedy.

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Language(s): English
Published: York : Printed for Peter Brown, [between 1843 and 1850?]
Subjects: Thompson, Alexander, > Thompson, Alexander, / -1843.
Wife abuse.
Trials (Murder)
Murder.
Chapbooks, English.
Procès (Meurtre) > Procès (Meurtre) / Angleterre > Procès (Meurtre) / Angleterre / Poésie.
Procès (Meurtre) > Procès (Meurtre) / Angleterre > Procès (Meurtre) / Angleterre / York.
Meurtre > Meurtre / Angleterre > Meurtre / Angleterre / Yorkshire.
Littérature de colportage anglaise > Littérature de colportage anglaise / Spécimens.
Wife abuse > Wife abuse / Scotland > Wife abuse / Scotland / Dumfries > Wife abuse / Scotland / Dumfries / Poetry.
Trials (Murder) > Trials (Murder) / England > Trials (Murder) / England / Poetry.
Trials (Murder) > Trials (Murder) / England > Trials (Murder) / England / York.
Murder > Murder / England > Murder / England / Poetry.
Murder > Murder / England > Murder / England / Yorkshire.
Chapbooks, English > Chapbooks, English / Specimens.
Scotland > Scotland / Dumfries.
England > England / Yorkshire.
England > England / York.
England.
Chapbooks > Chapbooks / England > Chapbooks / England / Yorkshire > Chapbooks / England / Yorkshire / 19th century.
Specimens.
Poetry.
Note: Format uncertain.
Woodcut on title page; title within ornamental border.
First line of Dumfries tragedy: "This day I sing in plaintive strains."
Title page included in pagination.
"Dumfries tragedy" signed: William Wilson.
Physical Description: 8 pages ; 16 cm
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An account of the life, trial, & execution of Alexander Thompson :
who was executed in the City of York, on Wednesday, 15th Dec. 1843, for the cruel murders of his wife and four children, and afterwards hung his aged mother on a tree in the garden ; with The Dumfries tragedy.

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An account of the life, trial, & execution of Alexander Thompson : who was executed in the City of York, on Wednesday, 15th Dec. 1843, for the cruel murders of his wife and four children, and afterwards hung his aged mother on a tree in the garden ; with The Dumfries tragedy.

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An account of the life, trial, & execution of Alexander Thompson :
who was executed in the City of York, on Wednesday, 15th Dec. 1843, for the cruel murders of his wife and four children, and afterwards hung his aged mother on a tree in the garden ; with The Dumfries tragedy.