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    The Remarkable trial of Miss Mary Laws, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire. Who poisoned her father Sir W. Laws, two brothers, and a sister, after she had been seven years at a boarding-school at Aylesbury.-Also an account of her last dying words and confession at the place of execution, in Aylesbury Market-Place. Together with an account of a sermon which was preached on the occasion. Likewise an excellent prayer which she composed a short time before her execution.

    | Date: between ca. 1740 and 1780?]
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    Murderesses in German writing, 1720-1860 : heroines of horror / Susanne Kord.

    Kord, Susanne. | Date: 2009
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