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Left, a woman is attacked by Renwick Williams with a knife; right, a man is making "copper bottoms" for women to prevent them from being injured in an attack. Coloured etching.

"The monster" (Renwick Williams) attacking a woman with a knife and fork. Etching by J. Gillray, 1790.

Two elderly women in bed, disturbed from sleep by a nightmare vision of "The monster" (R. Williams), 1790. Drawing.

Renwick Williams, a man convicted of wounding women. Etching.

Renwick Williams, a man convicted of wounding women. Reproduction of a stipple engraving.

Swearing to the cutting monster - or a scene in Bow Street.

The trial of Renwick Williams, (commonly called the Monster) at the Old Bailey, on Thursday the 8th of July 1790, before Judge Buller, and a Middlesex jury, for assaulting and wounding Miss Ann Porter. Taken in short-hand by L. Williams, Esquire.

The London monster : a sanguinary tale / Jan Bondeson.

The interesting trial of Renwick Williams, entitled The Monster, for assaulting Miss Ann Porter, and cutting her garments: tried before Mr. Justice Buller, At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey. Taken down in short hand, by a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.

A full account of the trial of Renwick Williams, commonly called the monster, at the Old Bailey, on Thursday the 8th of July, 1790, For assaulting and wounding Miss Porter, Miss Frost, Mrs. Davis, Mrs. Godfrey, Mrs. Forster, Elizabeth Baughan, and Frances Baughan: Taken in short-hand by Nathan. Jenkins.

An appeal to the public, by Rhynwick Williams, containing observations and reflections on facts, relative to his very extraordinary and melancholy case: Humbly deemed worthy a Candid Consideration of those who disdain the Adoption of Opinion, founded merely on Popular Prejudice; But possess the Virtue and Greatness of Thinking and Judging for Themselves. (dedicated with Permission) to Harvey Christian Coombe, Esq; and John William Anderson, Esq; Aldermen and Sheriffs of the City of London.

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The trial of Renwick Williams, (commonly called the Monster) at the Old Bailey, on Thursday the 8th of July 1790, before Judge Buller, and a Middlesex jury, for assaulting and wounding Miss Ann Porter. Taken in short-hand by L. Williams, Esquire.

The interesting trial of Renwick Williams, entitled The Monster, for assaulting Miss Ann Porter, and cutting her garments: tried before Mr. Justice Buller, At the Sessions House in the Old Bailey. Taken down in short hand, by a gentleman of the Inner-Temple.