Class, Servitude, and the Criminal Justice System in Early Victorian London

Class, Servitude, and the Criminal Justice System in Early Victorian London
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 304
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ISBN-10 : 9781040133675
ISBN-13 : 1040133673
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Download or read book Class, Servitude, and the Criminal Justice System in Early Victorian London written by Allyson N. May and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-09-18 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume draws on the recently discovered and extraordinarily rich scrapbook compiled by prosecuting solicitor Francis Hobler about the 1840 murder of Lord William Russell to consider public engagement with the issues raised from discovery of the murder itself through the ensuing legal processes. The murder of Russell by his valet François Benjamin Courvoisier was a cause célèbre in its own day by virtue of the fact that the victim was a member of one of England’s most prominent political families. For criminal justice historians, the significance of this case lies instead in its timing. In 1840, England had neither an official detective force to investigate the murder nor a public prosecutor to undertake the prosecution. Those accused of felony had only recently (1836) won the right to full legal representation, and the conduct of Courvoisier’s defence was controversial. Reaction to Courvoisier’s execution was also noteworthy, testifying to a new public unease with capital punishment. The subject of master and servant relations in early Victorian England is another key component of the book: previous studies have not considered the murderer’s motivation. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of criminal justice and law, Victorian England, and microhistory.


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