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Clifford, Naomi.
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Ashford, Mary, 1796-1817 -- Death and burial.
Thornton, Abraham,$d-1860? -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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Clifford, Naomi.
Ashford, Mary, 1796-1817 -- Death and burial.
Thornton, Abraham,$d-1860? -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
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The murder of Mary Ashford : the crime that changed English legal history /
Naomi
Clifford
.
by
Clifford
,
Naomi
.
Pen and Sword History, 2018.
Call #:
364.1523094 C638m
Subjects
Ashford, Mary, 1796-1817 -- Death and burial.
Thornton, Abraham,$d-1860? -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Trials (Murder) -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
Murder -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.
ISBN:
9781473863385 (pbk.)
Description:
xi, 148 p. : ill., maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Notes:
"The identity of the killer finally revealed... " --T.p.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-148)
Summary:
"In the small hours of 27 May 1817, Mary Ashford, a young servant girl from the village of Erdington near Birmingham, left a party in the company of Abraham Thornton. A few hours later she was found drowned in a pool; an inquest established that she had been raped. Despite a seemingly solid alibi, Thornton, an uncouth young man with a bad reputation, was soon on trial for his life, but to the widespread consternation of everyone from the local gentry to the humblest labourer, he was acquitted at the direction of the judge. Public opinion across the country was outraged, convinced that a murderer had evaded the gallows. Then, in a last-ditch effort to find justice, Mary's brother used an archaic legal process to prosecute Thornton again, only find himself confronted with an extraordinary challenge. In court, Thornton threw down a gauntlet and demanded his legal right to trial by combat. As that legal process played out, new and disturbing theories emerged to explain why Mary died. In a fresh and many-layered exploration of this notorious case,
Naomi
Clifford
sheds new light on the events leading up to Mary's death, the motivation of the killer, and why, for two centuries, the truth of what happened remained hidden in plain sight."--From publisher.
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