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Ten Steps to the Gallows chronicles the history of the Gallows in Newfoundland. It is a history that is divided into two eras, public executions and private executions.
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Jack Fitzgerald was born and educated in St. John's, Newfoundland. During his career he has been a journalist, a feature writer and political columnist with the St. John's Daily News; a reporter and public affairs writer with CJON and VOCM News Services; editor of the Newfoundland Herald and the Newfoundland Chronicle. During the last years of the Smallwood administration he was assistant director of Public Relations with the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. He has also worked as Assistance Officer with the Department of Social Services. Jack Fitzgerald also hosted a regular radio program featuring off-beat Newfoundland stories on radio station VOFM. .
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. pictorial paperback, vi, 120 pages : illustrations, a very good copy,CONTENTS: Dedication & Acknowledgements -- Introduction --Preface --Till Death Do Us Part --Triple Murder on Carter's Hill --The Hanging the Bishop Couldn't Stop --The Chinese Ceremonial Killing --Water Street --Our Most Unusual Funeral -- Double Murder at Harbour Grace -The Murder of the "Scrooge of Water Street" --They're Hanging Frankie Canning --Butchered by Two Irish Rogues --Murdered by the Irish --Other Hangings --H.M.P. -- Where They Were Hanged --The Myth of the Courthouse Window Hangings --Where were they Buried? --Conditions at the Penitentiary --1859-1932 --The Child Murderer of Harbour Grace -- The Power Gang's Murder of a Newfoundland Court Justice -- The Southside Road Murder --Hanged for Killing a Cow --The Murder of Billy Quinn --Murder at Bonne Bay --Bibliography. Seller Inventory # 1125557718
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TEN STEPS TO THE GALLOWS
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ISBN 13: 9780920502341
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Softcover / Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Softcover. The author has captured the drama and intrigue associated with all the recorded hangings that have taken placer in Newfoundland. Both the comic and the tragic side of men and women caught up in murder and criminal justice are revealed. There is an intimacy between author and subject in the book, resulting from 2yrs painstaking research through many forgotten public records. This familiarity enables the reader to feel present at the scenes of the crimes, then to follow the murderer through the prison doors into the courts of justice, and finally up the steps to the gallows. Features 20yr old Herbert Spratt of St. John's, the last person to be hanged in Newfoundland on May 22, 1942. Illus. + Bibliog. 120pp. softcover. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. Vg+. Seller Inventory # 14543
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Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". vi + 120pp. Marking to inside cover. Binding firm. Edges slightly browned and marked. Crinkling to prelims. Covers marked and creased. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Law & Criminal Studies; History. ISBN: 0920502342. ISBN/EAN: 9780920502341. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 58743. Seller Inventory # 58743
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