- Title
- Life, confession, and execution of James Cook, for the murder & robbery of Mr. Paas at Leicester
- Cook, James, 1811-1832, creator
Pitts, John, 1765-1844, printer.
Quick, J.V., -1853, printer. - [1832]
1832 - England
[London] - Quick, printer, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, and 43, Fashion Street, Spitalfields.
Sold also by Pitts, Seven Dials. - 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (wood engravings) ; 38 x 25 cm.
- English
- biography
Broadsides-England-19th cent.
Wood engravings-England-19th century.
Poetry - Books and documents
- Cook, James
Paas, John
Prisoners--England--Leicester--Poetry
Repentance--Poetry
Trials (Murder)--England--Leicester
Warnings--Poetry - Date of imprint from date of event.
Primarily an account of the trial and a description of the Cook's behavior while in prison and on the scaffold. With one column of verse titled "A copy of verses written by himself while in confinement."
Verses begin : Good people all, when this you hear.
Wood engraving (6.5 x 15.1 cm.) : Hanging scene before prison walls.
Wood engraving (6.2 x 3.3 cm.) : Male figure, pinioned, hanging from scaffold. - Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University
- 990081023530203941
- Title
- Life, confession, and execution of James Cook, for the murder & robbery of Mr. Paas at Leicester
- Creator / Contributor
- Cook, James, 1811-1832, creator
Pitts, John, 1765-1844, printer.
Quick, J.V., -1853, printer. - Date
- [1832]
1832 - Place of Origin
- England
[London] - Publisher
- Quick, printer, Bowling Green Lane, Clerkenwell, and 43, Fashion Street, Spitalfields.
Sold also by Pitts, Seven Dials. - Extent
- 1 sheet ([1] p.) : ill. (wood engravings) ; 38 x 25 cm.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- biography
Broadsides-England-19th cent.
Wood engravings-England-19th century.
Poetry - Digital Format
- Books and documents
- Subjects
- Cook, James
Paas, John
Prisoners--England--Leicester--Poetry
Repentance--Poetry
Trials (Murder)--England--Leicester
Warnings--Poetry - Notes
- Date of imprint from date of event.
Primarily an account of the trial and a description of the Cook's behavior while in prison and on the scaffold. With one column of verse titled "A copy of verses written by himself while in confinement."
Verses begin : Good people all, when this you hear.
Wood engraving (6.5 x 15.1 cm.) : Hanging scene before prison walls.
Wood engraving (6.2 x 3.3 cm.) : Male figure, pinioned, hanging from scaffold. - Repository
- Harvard Law School Library, Harvard University
- Record ID
- 990081023530203941
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