Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction viii
Glossary of Terms xi
Part 1 Who's Who 1
Part 2 Insanity Conditions 9
Part 3 History of Debate 15
Part 4 Mad Women, Bad Women 21
Part 5 Case Histories 28
'A very great danger to society' William Allnutt 28
'The nasty black cloud' Joseph Baines 34
Triple Jeopardy Edwin Bates 38
Blyth's Spirits Isabella Blyth 43
The Notorious 'Nanny' Martha Brixcy 48
Brough Justice Mary Ann Brough 55
A Known Road to Ruin Thomas 'Ransome' Collins 59
The Evils of Drink Thomas Mary Cruse 64
Unfit to Plead David Davies the Elder 69
'Bad boy … bad man' William Dove 73
Britain's Worst Serial Killer Amelia Dyer 84
A Sleep-Walk into Hell Simon Fraser 92
A Gallop to the Gallows Mary Gallop 97
Arresting your Demons Louis Henry Goule 102
'A most barbarous murder' Moses Hatto 108
A Miscarriage of Justice? John Howison 115
'It was worth being shot at …' Roderick Maclean 120
'She had better speak the truth' Hannah Moore 126
Hell Hath No Fury Jane Parnell 131
A Lunatic in Charge of the Asylum James Pownall 137
Insane on Arraignment Richard Pritchard/Rebecca Turton 141
'I have killed her - I have made her happy' Amelia G. Snoswell 148
A Very Victorian Error? Celestina Sommer 152
'He did not know it was wrong to kill' Charles Westron 158
No Victim, No Crime? Yates Parkes 164
Appendix 1 List of Statutes 168
Appendix 2 Selected Key Events 170
Appendix 3 The Rules 171
Appendix 4 Early Forensics 172
Bibliography 177
Index 182