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Trials (Sodomy) - England - Early works to 1800

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    The tryal of Charles Bradbury, for the detestable crime of sodomy said to be committed on the body of James Hearne, at Justice-Hall in the Old-Bailey, on Thursday the 11th of September, 1755. In the Twenty-Ninth Year of His Majesty's Reign, and the Seventh sessions in the Mayoralty of the right honourable Stephen Theodore Janssen, Esq; Lord-Mayor of the City of London.

    Bradbury, Charles. | Date: 1755
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    The case of sodomy, in the tryal of Mervin Lord Audley, Earl of Castlehaven, for committing a rape. And sodomy with two of his servants, viz. (Laurence Fitz Patrick and Thomas Brodway) who was try'd and condemn'd by his peers on the 25th of April, and beheaded on Tower-Hill, May 14th, 1631. With his articles of belief, sent in a letter to his son; the letter he writ to his four sisters, and his speech at the place of execution. Likewise the tryal and condemnation of Laurence Fitz Patrick and Thomas Brodway, who were executed at Tyburn, July 6th. With their dying speeches. Printed from an original manuscript.

    Castlehaven, Mervyn Touchet, Earl of, 1592?-1631. | Date: 1708
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