02942oam 2200697I 450 991045862330332120200520144314.01-315-83533-91-317-86756-41-281-38465-897866113846541-4082-1159-910.4324/9781315835334 (CKB)1000000000399857(EBL)1694343(SSID)ssj0000303792(PQKBManifestationID)11211691(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000303792(PQKBWorkID)10277107(PQKB)11791011(MiAaPQ)EBC1694343(MiAaPQ)EBC4977108(Au-PeEL)EBL1694343(CaPaEBR)ebr10876492(CaONFJC)MIL613793(OCoLC)880827134(OCoLC)897462611(Au-PeEL)EBL4977108(CaONFJC)MIL138465(OCoLC)1027179677(EXLCZ)99100000000039985720180706e20142005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMurder, magic, madness the Victorian trials of Dove and the Wizard /Owen Davies1st ed.London :Routledge,2014.1 online resource (262 p.)"First published 2005 by Pearson Education Limited"--T.p. verso.1-138-40797-6 0-582-89413-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Publishers' Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; 1 An inauspicious start in life; 2 A wizard's business; 3 Poisonous relations; 4 Dove in the dock; 5 Mad or bad?; 6 Fate; 7 Hunting Harrison down; Epilogue; Bibliography; IndexIn 1856 William Dove, a young tenant farmer, was tried and executed for the poisoning of his wife Harriet. The trial might have been a straightforward case of homicide, but because Dove became involved with Henry Harrison, a Leeds wizard, and demonstrated through his actions and words a strong belief in magic and the powers of the devil, considerable effort was made to establish whether these beliefs were symptomatic of insanity. It seems that Dove murdered his wife to hasten a prediction made by Harrison that he would remarry a more attractive and wealthy woman. Dove employed Harrison to pMurderEnglandHistory19th centuryWitchcraftEnglandHistory19th centuryElectronic books.MurderHistoryWitchcraftHistory364.1523092Davies Owen1969-,800733MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910458623303321Murder, magic, madness1957347UNINA