A Full and true account of two most horrid, barbarous, and cruel murders one was committed on Wednesday night last, at the Play-house in Drury-Lane, upon the body of a child of Sir John Vanbroog's, by the noted Mr. Keyber; shewing how he most barbarously hack'd and mangl'd it in such a manner, that it dy'd on the spot. The other on Sunday morning last by Mr. Edward Mansel, an apothecary on Clerknwell Green, who stabb'd his wife in the belly with a penknife so that her bowels drop'd out: With his examination and commitment to Newgate, by worshipful justice Fuller

People / Organizations

• John Howe ("printed for")

Imprint

London] : Printed for J. How near Cheapside, [1728?

Publication year

1728

ESTC No.

N31724

Grub Street ID

20599

Description

1 sheet ; 1/2°.

Note

The first part is a satire on Colley Cibber's 'The provok'd husband', an adaptation of Sir John Vanbrugh's 'A journey to London', first produced in 1728.