Abstract
Helen RutherfordNorthumbria University and Clare Sandford-Couch Newcastle University On the 28th of February 1863, the Newcastle Daily Journal included a dramatic editorial comment: We publish the report of the trial of George Vass. We do not speak rashly; in a case of this kind it is our duty to deliberate, and to speak with hesitation, and with full knowledge of our responsibility. It cannot be supposed that we sympathise with the alleged acts of the accused man. We want justice to be done. Yet we regret to say that the trial, as it has been conducted, has not been characterised by the fairness and justice which ought to distinguish all our judicial procedures. The evidence of Mr. [sic] Rayne is, we understand, a stumbling block in the path of justice; and an important letter has been sent to us from a gentleman whose name was mentioned in the trial which,...
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Fair and Unfair Trials in the British Isles, 1800-1940: |
| Subtitle of host publication | Microhistories of Justice and Injustice |
| Editors | David Nash, Anne Marie Kilday |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury |
| Chapter | 3 |
| Pages | 53-73 |
| Number of pages | 20 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781350050969 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781350050945 |
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| Publication status | Published - 12 Nov 2020 |