THE GROANING GALLOWS. The Stories of Murders and of Men and Women who faced the Executioner in York, E. Yorks and N. Lincs.

Softcover. In the 18th-century there were still 200 offences for which death was the penalty. Execution remained the statutory punishment for murder until less than 40 years ago. People in all parts of the country were sentenced to death and most were hanged. This book tells the stories behind some of those who faced the gallows, down the centuries, in the Hull, York, East Riding and North Lincolnshire areas from medieval to modern times. Material, some of it previously unpublished, has been obtained from Government records and reveals how a few people escaped the Executioner's rope by the skin of their teeth. Illus. 128pp. trade size softcover. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. F. with no creasing to covers.