CRIME IN BEDFORDSHIRE. In John Bunyon's Day 1660 - 1688

Booklet. An account drawn mainly from existing records of the Bedfordshire Assizes during the Restoration period. These records number over a thousand documents and include statements made by accused persons and witnesses taken down verbatim before a Justice of the Peace, recognisances binding witnesses and accused to appear in court, bills of presentment recording the names of the accused and their alleged offences, with a note of sentence passed, and lists of prisoners in the County Gaol. The whole gives a detailed picture of crime, trial and punishment in the 17th century Assize courts, revealing the many aspects of the social life of the time. 26pp. booklet. From the library of true-crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Paper wraps Nr. F. Scarce.