31 page paperback booklet, re-worked from the original publication. Extracted from "The History of Maidstone". Includes two line-drawing illustrations.
Supplied as a PDF document on CD-ROM.
CONTENTS:
Early Courts and Prisons
The Court House
Preparations for the Assizes
Old Legal Punishments
The Upper and Lower Court Houses
The County Prison and the Brambles
Quarter Sessions during the Commonwealth
Trial of Witches
Tragedy at Lees Court
Assizes in Charles II.'s reign
County Prison and Bridewell in King Street
First person executed for Sheep-stealing
Demolition of the Lower Court House
Riot at the County Prison
Visit of John Howard
State Trial at the Town Hall
List of Executions on Penenden Heath
Number of Prisoners tried at the Assizes
Public and Private Executions
ILLUSTRATIONS:
Court Houses & Market, High Street 1623
County Prison, King Street