Resurrectionists at Liverpool : discovery of 33 human bodies, in casks, about to be shipped from Liverpool for Edinburgh, on Monday last, October 9, 1826.

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[1826]
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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1826] (s.n. ; Boag)

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1 broadside ; 39 x 17 cm

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Printer's name given at end of text.
Probably printed in either London or Newcastle; a William Boag was printing in both places at this time
Describes the discovery of 11 bodies in casks at a Liverpool quay, plus 22 others in a cellar let to a man named Henderson.--"A gang in Liverpool, headed by John Henderson, was rounded up in the autumn of 1827. They had been shipping bodies to London and Edinburgh"--Fido, M. Bodysnatchers (London, 1988). p. 78.
Copy 1 Supplier/Donor: J. Grant

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