Apprehension & examination of the valet, for the awful murder of Lord Russell, M.P.
Publisher: Paul & Co., printers, 2, 3, Monmouth Court, Seven Dials.
Published: 1840
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Poetry; Murder; Investigation; Robbery
Other titles: Apprehension and examination of the valet, for the awful murder of Lord Russell, M.P.
Notes: Date of imprint from date of event.

An account of the crime and the inquest, with one column of verse. The valet, François Courvoisier, is not mentioned by name in this account.

Verses begin : Come all good people give attention.

Wood engraving (14.9 x 32.4) : Discovery of the body by two female servants.

Wood engraving (12.2 x 4.5 cm.) with caption : The late Lord William Russell. (Full-length portrait.)

Wood engraving (11.6 x 7 cm.) with caption : His Grace the Duke of Bedford. (Full-length portrait.

Wood engraving (12.2 x 6.6 cm.) with caption : Lord John Russell. (Full length portrait.)

Wood engraving (5 x 6.8 cm.) with caption : View of the seat of the Bedford family. (Portrait within ornamental frame.)

Wood engraving (7.2 x 6.2 cm.) with caption : Lord William Russell beheaded [i]n Lincoln's Inn Fields, on the 21st of July, in 1683.

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Dying speeches, Portfolio 254 numbered 225 on verso