Committal to Newgate of James May, Thos Williams, and John Bishop
Subtitle: charged with the murder of an Italian boy
Publisher: Printed by T. Birt, No. 39, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials.
Published: 1831
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Body snatching; Murder; Poetry
Notes: Date of imprint from date of event.

Account of the arrest and inquest of the three men accused of murdering 14-year old Carlo Ferrari, for the purpose of selling the body for dissection. A fourth man, Shields, was discharged. With two columns of verse written for the occasion.

Verses begin : Ye tender hearts that love to share.

Wood engraving (13 x 7.5 cm.) : "Portrait of the Italian boy."

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Dying Speeches II, 86.