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Murdered by his wife

This is a history of the murder of Joshua Spooner in Brookfield, Massachusetts, in March 1778 and the execution of his wife Bathsheba and three accomplices four months later. It also provides newspaper accounts and trial records at that time.
Print Book, English, ©1999
University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst, MA, ©1999
Case studies
viii, 198 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
9781558493346, 1558493344
263630080
Unnatural murder
By the lot of Providence
A bad conjugal example
Irrevocably joined in marriage
Seduced from virtue and prudence
Burgoin people
"His time is come"
The hands of justice
Petitions to the council
Dreadful scene of horror
Remains
"A history with documentation of the Joshua Spooner murder and execution of his wife, Bathsheba, who was hanged in Worcester, Massachusetts, 2 July 1778."