The Extraordinary Tale of the Castle Yard Riot: Knaresborough, 1865 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781916696082)

"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 6^th 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.

Author: Jt Glew
ISBN-10: 1916696082
ISBN-13: 9781916696082
Publisher: JT Glew
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2023
Pages: 140
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.37lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.30d