Transcript:
WHO MURDERED
MR. BRIGGS
THE QUESTION CONSIDERED
WITH
NEW AND UNPUBLISHED EVIDENCE
BY THE AUTHOR
WHO COMMITTED THE ROAD MURDER?
“Be cautious in thought; be slow in belief:-these are the sinews of wisdom”
PRICE ONE PENNY
MANCHESTER:
ABEL HEYWOOD & SON PRINTERS 56 & 58, OLDHAM ST.
LONDON: G.VICKERS, ANGEL COURT, STRAND
1864
Look at Source 4
Front page from a pamphlet sold about the murder of Thomas Briggs on the North London Line in 1864. Read the background notes for information on the crime. (Catalogue ref: MEPO 3/76 p1.)
- What type of document is it?
- Who has written it?
- What does this document suggest about public reaction to the crime?