General
This includes any personal material that cannot be classified in further detail e. g. some biography.
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The Man they could not Hang
- A formal portrait of John Lee made after his release from prison. ...
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The Man they could not Hang (1864 - ?)
- Released in 1907, he was treated as a celebrity and sold his life story to a national news ...
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Why Babbacombe Lee didn't drop
- A thoery as to why the scaffold failed. [HE 27-11-84] ...
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Blame the Weather!
- The Annual Register for 1885 attributed the failure of the drop to the fact 'that the rain ...
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The 'Push In The Back' Method!
- Whatever the reason for the failure of the 'drop', the Sheriff of Devon evidently felt tha ...
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Variations On A Theme
- Stories about convict labourers sabotaging the scaffold had subtle variations. In one acco ...
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[html - Babbacombe and St. Marychurch]
- There are many tales about the activities of the local smugglers in both past times, and m ...
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[pdf - Babbacombe and St. Marychurch]
- There are many tales about the activities of the local smugglers in both past times, and m ...
