FINELIVING eight of whom were living at the time of the execution. Both women had been in the habit of consulting reputed witches at Burnham and Sall. September 18 1835 At nine o’clock in the morning, Mr Green, the aeronaut, who had ascended in his balloon from Vauxhall Gardens, London, descended at six o’clock in the evening of the 17th, between North Runcton and Hardwick, about a mile from Lynn South Gates. October13 1835
Early Hot air balloon
Frarey, aged 40, were found guilty of the murder of Mary Taylor, of Burnham Westgate, by administering arsenic to her. They were also convicted of the murder of Robert Frarey, husband of the last-named prisoner. The execution took place on Castle Hill, Norwich, on August 10th. Frarey was dressed in deep mourning for
her husband, and wore a widow’s cap. They held each other by the hand when upon the scaffold. ‘The silence which had hitherto pervaded the immense concourse that stood intently gazing on this dreadful exhibition was broken by a piercing shriek when the drop fell; then all was still again’. Mrs Billing had had eleven children,
At a convivial meeting at the Three Turks public-house, Charing Cross, Norwich, William Cork, an artisan, was singing ‘the well known song written on the death of General Wolfe’, and after repeating the words, ‘And I to death must yield’, fell down and, to the consternation of the company, instantly expired. February 2 1840 A remarkable case of somnolence was reported at Norwich. John Browne, master of the Yarmouth
Bridge public-house, Red Lion Street, who died on this day, aged 39, and was reputed to be the heaviest man in the city, had been constantly afflicted with sleepiness. ‘He weighed at the time of his death nearly 27 stone, and had generally slept away his time. He kept awake only a few minutes at a time and even in conversation fell asleep. Browne was several years turnkey at the City Gaol, and was then by no means a man of oversize, but had been increasing in bulk for several years, notwithstanding the rigid temperance which he observed, living entirely upon dry toast and tea. His coffin was 3 ft across, 6 ft long, and 1 ft 9 in. in height’. February 10 1840 The marriage of her Majesty the Queen was celebrated in Norwich. The Mayor and members of the Corporation, wearing white favours, attended service at the cathedral, where the sermon was preached by the Rev Prebendary Wodehouse...At one o’clock the 9th Lancers, under the command of Capt Arthur Williams, entered the Market Place and fired a feu de joie with their pistols; ‘the trumpeters played ‘God save the Queen’, and the soldiers gave three hearty cheers, flourishing their sabres in the air.’... At night there was a firework display in the Market Place. On the staging at the north-east angle of the Market Place the fireworks were prematurely exploded; a rocket was driven through the shutters of a shop on the Walk, and another entered the second storey window of a house in London Street. A man was severely
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Steve Browning A major trial about 1840
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