Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Sheffield Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Sheffield
Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Sheffield

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Publisher Description

The author of A History of London’s Prisons reveals the ugly criminal past of one of England’s most beautiful cities.
 
It hardly seems surprising that what has become England’s fourth city has within its rich history a sinister and darker side. Take a journey to discover cases of petty crime, riots, burglary, robbery, assault, suicide, unlawful killing, manslaughter, and murder, as well as a host of quirky and quizzical crimes from the early Victorian period to modern times. One sensational case covered is that of Sheffield-born Charles Peace, considered by some criminologists to be England’s most notorious murderer. He was hanged at Leeds on February 25, 1879, for the killing of Arthur Dyson at Darnall in 1876. Peace’s criminality seemed to know no bounds. Several other sensational and forgotten murders are featured and a range of cases mentioned refer to many former landmarks in and around old Sheffield, from public houses and hotels to factories, shops, and steelworks. This book is sure to be an absorbing read for anyone interested in our local social history.

GENRE
Non-Fiction
RELEASED
2009
May 21
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pen & Sword Books
SELLER
OpenRoad Integrated Media, LLC
SIZE
27
MB

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