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Posted By: GeoffLawes
10-Nov-23 - 06:52 PM
Thread Name: Any November Songs?
Subject: RE: Any November Songs?
LIFE OF THE MANNINGS EXECUTED AT HORSEMONGER GAOL

13th Nov 1849 Marie Manning , a Swiss domestic servant was hanged outside Horsemonger Lane Gaol, London, after she and her husband Frederick were convicted of the murder of her lover, Patrick O'Connor, in the case that became known as the "Bermondsey Horror." It was the first time a husband and wife had been executed together in England since 1700.

Life of the Mannings executed at Horsemonger Lane Gaol on Tuesday 13th Nov 1849 from Execution Ballads    
https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/execution-ballads/items/show/1139
Charles Dickens, the execution of the Mannings and his letter to the Times    https://www.charlesdickenspage.com/public-execution.html