Samuel Holberry: Chartist Conspirator or Victim of a State Conspiracy
dc.contributor.author | Lewis, Catherine | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-03-14T15:59:11Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-04-10T15:51:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-03-14T15:59:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-04-10T15:51:09Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2009-03 | |
dc.identifier.citation |
Lewis, C. (2009) 'Samuel Holberry: Chartist Conspirator or Victim of a State Conspiracy ', Crimes and Misdemeanours: Deviance and the Law in Historical Perspective, 3(1), pp.109-124. Available at: https://pearl.plymouth.ac.uk/handle/10026.1/8840 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1754-0445 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/8840 | |
dc.description.abstract |
In January 1840, Samuel Holberry a Sheffield Chartist, was committed to trial at Sheffield Assizes for seditious conspiracy. A critical examination of the evidence presented at the committal hearing and subsequent Assize trial demonstrates that the court process was entirely one-sided. The quality of the evidence used to secure a conviction was, at the very least, suspect, and the prosecution appear to have withheld evidence that could have vindicated Holberry. An in-depth analysis of the case seeks to lay bare the workings of the coercive and judicial powers of the nineteenth century state. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Plymouth | |
dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
dc.subject | Chartism | en_US |
dc.subject | Chartist movement | en_US |
dc.subject | Sheffield Chartists | en_US |
dc.subject | seditious conspiracy | en_US |
dc.title | Samuel Holberry: Chartist Conspirator or Victim of a State Conspiracy | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.type | Article | |
plymouth.issue | 1 | |
plymouth.volume | 3 | |
plymouth.journal | SOLON Crimes and Misdemeanours |