A report of the proceedings on the trial of Edward Gibbon Wakefield, William Wakefield, Edward Thevenot, Edward Wakefield, and Frances Wakefield, for a conspiracy, for the abduction of Miss E. Turner, before Mr. Baron Hullock, on Friday, the 23rd, of March, 1827, at Lancaster Assizes.
Publisher: Printed and published by J. Pratt ...
Published: 1833
Place of publication: Manchester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 72
Subjects: Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 1796-1862.; Wakefield, William, 1803-1848.; Thevenot, Edward.; Wakefield, Frances, Mrs.; Turner, Ellen, 1811-1831.; Trials (Kidnapping) -- England -- Lancaster.
Other titles: Abduction, the King v. Wakefields & Thevenot
Notes: A journalistic account including texts of the indictment and excerpts from testimony, evidence and other sources. Provides names of counsel, officers of the court, jurors, and witnesses.
Date of publication surmised from statement on p. 72: "Mr. [William] Wakefield has ... just turned thirty years of age."
Table of contents: title: Succinct narration of the case of the Wakefields previous to trial; title: The trial; title: Proceedings of the 2nd day; title: Mr. Edward Gibbon Wakefield's first elopement.