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HO 42. Letters and papers.
Catalogue reference: HO 42/42
Date: 1798 Jan 01-1798 Mar 31
HO 42. Letters and papers.
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Folios 335-336. Commodore Thompson, commanding His Majesty's naval forces in Africa,...
Catalogue reference: HO 42/6/91
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HO 42/6/91
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1785 Apr 26
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Folios 335-336. Commodore Thompson, commanding His Majesty's naval forces in Africa, suggests that those criminals awaiting execution whose bodies are to be dissected are more worried about the dissection than the hanging. A decision to dissect all hanged criminals might therefore act as a deterrent to crime while at the same time providing bodies for the surgeons which at present they have to obtain from the Resurrection Men who charge 2 guineas per corpse.
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