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A dreadful warning for drunkards, or The execution and confession of Fabian Price, a souldier : who was executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the tenth of the instant July; for murdering another souldier in the parish of Chiswick, in his drink. As also of James Smith, who was executed on Thursday the eleventh, at Hounslow Heath, for running away from his Colours. With the manner of their behavior in prison, and at the places of execution.
Date: 1673
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For the sake of example : capital courts-martial 1914-1920 / by Anthony Babington ; with a postscript by Frank Richardson.
Anthony BabingtonDate: [1983], ©1983
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Death and disgrace : capital penalties with post mortem sanctions in early Roman historiography / Katariina Mustakallio.
Katariina MustakallioDate: 1994
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On hanging : considered from a mechanical and physiological point of view / by Samuel Haughton.
Samuel HaughtonDate: [1866]
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Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation et la suffocation / par Ambroise Tardieu.
Auguste Ambroise TardieuDate: 1879
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M'Naughten : a letter to the Lord Chancellor, upon insanity / by J.Q. Rumball.
Rumball, James Quilter, 1795-1872Date: 1843
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'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.
Reference: 17520i
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Medizinische Gewalt : Elektrotherapie, elektrischer Stuhl und psychiatrische "Elektroschocktherapie" in den USA, 1890-1950 / Markus Hedrich.
Markus HedrichDate: 2014
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A visit to the Philadelphia prison; being an accurate and particular account of the wise and humane administration adopted in every part of that building; containing also an account of the gradual reformation, and present improved state of the penal laws of Pennsylvania: with observations on the impolicy and injustice of capital punishments ... In a letter to a friend / By Robert J. Turnbull.
Robert James TurnbullDate: 1797
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Trials and behaviour of the five unfortunate men, who were executed this day, on Penenden Heath, pursuant to their sentence at the late Maidstone assizes : with a mournful copy of verses.
Date: [1822?]
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An essay on crimes and punishments / [C. Beccaria] ; translated from the Italian ; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French.
Cesare BeccariaDate: 1769
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La mort et les accidents causés par les courants électriques de haute tension : thèse présentée à la Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Lyon et soutenue publiquement le mercredi 28 décembre 1892 pour obtenir le grade de docteur en médecine / par Francis Biraud.
Biraud, Francis, 1868-Date: 1892
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Retsah, a cry against a crying sinne, or, A just complaint to the magistrates, against them who have broken the statute laws of God, by killing of men meerly for theft : manifested in a petition long since presented to the Common Councel of the city of London, on the behalfe of transgressours : together with certaine proposals, presented by Col. Pride to the Right Honourable the Generall Counsell for the Army, and the Committee appointed by the Parliament of England, to consider of the inconveniences, mischiefes, chargeablenesse, and irregularities in their law.
Samuel ChidleyDate: 1652
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Opere di Cesare Beccaria. Volume unico / [Cesare Beccaria].
Cesare BeccariaDate: 1824
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Trial behaviour and awful execution of R. Hale, & C. Brough at Stafford, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1864.
Date: [1864?]
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Abortion, execution, and the consequences of taking life / James D. Slack.
Slack, James D., 1952-Date: [2009], ©2009
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Memoir of : with extracts from his private and published letters / by his son, Samuel Haughton.
Samuel HaughtonDate: 1877
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How to kill a human being.
Date: 2008
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[Retsah] a cry against a crying sinne: or, A just complaint to the magistrates, against them who have broken the statute laws of God, by killing of men meerly for theft : Manifested in a petition long since presented to the Common Councel of the City of London, on the behalfe of transgressours. Together with certaine proposals, presented by Col. Pride to the Right Honourable the generall Counsell for the Army, and the Committee appointed by the Parliament of England, to consider of the inconveniences, mischiefes, chargeablenesse, and irregularities in their law.
Samuel ChidleyDate: 1652
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Amongst barbarians / Michael Wall.
Wall, Michael, 1946-1991Date: 1989
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Death sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914-1924 / Gerard Oram ; edited by Julian Putkowski ; with a foreword by Andrew Mackinlay.
Gerald OramDate: 1998
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A comparative view of the punishments annexed to crime in the United States of America and in England / by J. Sydney Taylor.
John Sydney TaylorDate: 1831
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Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.
Date: [1862]
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The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.
Jacopo TintorettoDate: 1589Reference: 24605i
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Worthless men : race, eugenics and the death penalty in the British Army during the First World War / Gerard Oram.
Gerald OramDate: [1998], ©1998

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For the sake of example : capital courts-martial 1914-1920 / by Anthony Babington ; with a postscript by Frank Richardson.

Death and disgrace : capital penalties with post mortem sanctions in early Roman historiography / Katariina Mustakallio.

On hanging : considered from a mechanical and physiological point of view / by Samuel Haughton.

Étude médico-légale sur la pendaison, la strangulation et la suffocation / par Ambroise Tardieu.

M'Naughten : a letter to the Lord Chancellor, upon insanity / by J.Q. Rumball.

'Dr. Dooreslaer' appearing with mythological figures and scenes of feasting and execution. Line engraving, c. 1650.

Medizinische Gewalt : Elektrotherapie, elektrischer Stuhl und psychiatrische "Elektroschocktherapie" in den USA, 1890-1950 / Markus Hedrich.

Trials and behaviour of the five unfortunate men, who were executed this day, on Penenden Heath, pursuant to their sentence at the late Maidstone assizes : with a mournful copy of verses.

An essay on crimes and punishments / [C. Beccaria] ; translated from the Italian ; with a commentary, attributed to Mons. de Voltaire, translated from the French.

La mort et les accidents causés par les courants électriques de haute tension : thèse présentée à la Faculté de médecine et de pharmacie de Lyon et soutenue publiquement le mercredi 28 décembre 1892 pour obtenir le grade de docteur en médecine / par Francis Biraud.

Opere di Cesare Beccaria. Volume unico / [Cesare Beccaria].

Trial behaviour and awful execution of R. Hale, & C. Brough at Stafford, on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 1864.

Abortion, execution, and the consequences of taking life / James D. Slack.

Memoir of : with extracts from his private and published letters / by his son, Samuel Haughton.

How to kill a human being.

Amongst barbarians / Michael Wall.

Death sentences passed by military courts of the British Army 1914-1924 / Gerard Oram ; edited by Julian Putkowski ; with a foreword by Andrew Mackinlay.

A comparative view of the punishments annexed to crime in the United States of America and in England / by J. Sydney Taylor.

Trial, sentence and execution of Robert Cooper at Newgate for the murder of Anne Jane Barnham, at Isleworth.

The crucifixion of Christ ('The Great Crucifixion'). Engraving by Agostino Carracci, 1589, after G. Robusti, il Tintoretto.

Worthless men : race, eugenics and the death penalty in the British Army during the First World War / Gerard Oram.