Class, Servitude, and the Criminal Justice System in Early Victorian London - The Russell Murder

This volume draws on the recently discovered and extraordinarily rich scrapbook compiled by prosecuting solicitor Francis Hobler about the 1840 murder of Lord William Russell to consider public engagement with the issues raised from discovery of the murder itself through the ensuing legal processes.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. 14 Norfolk Street, Park Lane: Upstairs and Down 3. Inspectors Call: The Investigation 4. The Case for the Prosecution Rests … with Francis Hobler 5. ‘Going to See a Man Hanged’ 6. Who Speaks?: Voice, Image, Agency – and Truth 7. Explanations and Consequences

About the author

Allyson N. May is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Western Ontario, Canada. She is the author of The Bar and the Old Bailey, 1750–1850 (2003) and The Fox-Hunting Controversy, 1781–2004: Class and Cruelty (2013) and co-editor, with David Lemmings, of Criminal Justice during the Long Eighteenth Century: Theatre, Representation and Emotion (2019).

Summary

This volume draws on the recently discovered and extraordinarily rich scrapbook compiled by prosecuting solicitor Francis Hobler about the 1840 murder of Lord William Russell to consider public engagement with the issues raised from discovery of the murder itself through the ensuing legal processes.

Product details

• Authors: Allyson N. May, May Allyson N.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.09.2024
• EAN: 9781032771700
• ISBN: 978-1-03-277170-0
• No. of pages: 242
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge Studies in Modern British History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; London, Greater London, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, History: theory & methods, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Study & Teaching, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, British & Irish history, Social and cultural history, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), History: theory and methods