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17 de feb. de 2024 · Fifty-six men were executed for the crime of sodomy in England in the opening decades of the 19th century. James and John would be the last to go to the gallows, and so are remembered as...
Hace 3 días · Yet between 1806 and 1835, 404 men were given the death penalty here for sodomy, with 56 sent to the gallows. The last of those, James Pratt and John Smith, were hanged at the infamous Newgate ...
15 de feb. de 2024 · Two men were particularly James Pratt and John Smith, who had been convicted of homosexuality. Theirs was 'an unnatural offence', a crime so unmentionable it was never named. That was why they alone despaired and, as the turnkey told Dickens, why they alone were 'dead men'.
Chris Bryant describes in painful detail how James Pratt and John Smith, working-class men from the Midlands, fell foul of the ‘bloodthirsty English justice system’ in 1835
From award-winning historian and Sunday Times bestselling author Chris Bryant MP, James and John tells the story of what it meant to be gay in early 19th-century Britain through the lens of a landmark trial.
A raw, unexpected portrait of Britain's grandeur, wealth, energy, cruelty and hypocrisy in the Age of liberalism -- Rory Stewart. This is a shocking story of prejudice and injustice, told in meticulous detail by Chris Bryant.
31 de mar. de 2023 · A PRE-PUBLICATION subtitle for this angry book was The untold story of the last men to be hanged for being gay. James Pratt (who was married) and John Smith, both in service in London, were caught in flagrante by the landlord of their friend William Bonell on Saturday 29 August 1835.
