| Physical Description |
378 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical table, maps ; 22 cm. |
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Includes notes and bibliographical references (pages 353-360) and index. |
| Summary |
In the summer of 1895, Robert Coombes (age 13) and his brother Nattie (age 12) were seen spending lavishly around the docklands of East London -- for ten days in July, they ate out at coffee houses and took trips to the seaside and the theater. The boys told neighbors they had been left home alone while their mother visited family in Liverpool, but their aunt was suspicious. When she eventually forced the brothers to open the house to her, she found the badly decomposed body of their mother in a bedroom upstairs. Robert and Nattie were arrested for matricide and sent for trial at the Old Bailey. Robert confessed to having stabbed his mother, but his lawyers argued that he was insane. Nattie struck a plea and gave evidence against his brother. |
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Coombes, Robert, 1882-1949 -- Childhood and youth.
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Coombes, Nathaniel, 1883-1946 -- Childhood and youth.
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Coombes, Robert, 1882-1949 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Coombes, Nathaniel, 1883-1946 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
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Murder -- Investigation -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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Juvenile homicide -- England -- London -- History -- 19th century.
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True crime stories.
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