The fatal effects of gambling exemplified in the murder of Wm. Weare, and the trial and fate of John Thurtell, the murderer, and his accomplices : with biographical sketches of the parties concerned and a comment on the extraordinary circumstances developed in the narrative in which gambling is proved to be the source of forgery, snobbery, murder, and general demoralization : To which is added, the Gambler's scourge; a complete exposé of the whole system of gambling in the metropolis / with memoirs and anecdotes of notorious blacklegs ; illustrated by portraits drawn from life and other copper-plate engravings of peculiar interest.
Alternate Title(s):
Murder of Weare
Published / Created:
London : Published by Thomas Kelly, Paternoster-Row, MDCCCXXIV [1824]
Physical Description:
xxii, 512 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsHV6722.G9 L62 1824Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 324BEIN: Owned by Herbert B. LazarusAdded engraved t.-p.Spine title: Murder of Weare."The gambler's scourge : an exposee of the whole system of gambling, as practised in the most notorious London hells": p. [343]-472.Includes accounts of Thurtell's accomplices, William Probert and Joseph Hunt.Thurtell was a trainer and backer of pugilists for several years.BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy.Printed by William Clowes.
Subject Terms:
Weare, William, d. 1823. | Thurtell, John, 1794–1824 -- Trials, litigation, etc. | Probert, William, d. 1825. | Hunt, Joseph, fl. 1839. | Gambling -- England -- London. | Gamblers -- England -- Biography. | Trials (Murder) -- Great Britain. | Boxing -- Great Britain. | Lazarus, Herbert B. -- Ownership. | Kelly, T. -- Publisher | Clowes, William -- Printer | Etching -- Specimens -- 1824