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Overview"""You have all been found guilty of this riot and unfortunately it appears that you took the law into your own hands in a country where everybody has the right to legal redress of his grievance [...] Attending as I do to the recommendations of this jury [for the sentence to be tempered with mercy], I do not feel myself at liberty to pass a less severe sentence than the one I now pass which is that you each be imprisoned with hard labour for three months"" Mr Justice Shee On Friday 6th April 1866, eleven honest and true men of Knaresborough were sentenced to three months imprisonment with hard labour in Wakefield Gaol. The overwhelming reaction of the inhabitants of Knaresborough was a response the like of which the town had never before witnessed. It is a story which deserves to be told." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jt GlewPublisher: PublishNation Imprint: PublishNation Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.168kg ISBN: 9781916696082ISBN 10: 1916696082 Pages: 140 Publication Date: 16 June 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |