Talk:London Monster

William?

You are not saying who this William is?
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— Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.25.10.175 (talk • contribs) 07:25, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

fixed now -- ID made

— Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.250.143.131 (talk • contribs) 16:02, 7 December 2005 (UTC)

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Sources

Could some sources be listed for this article please? For example the claim of £100 for the capture of the monster, I have read that it was £50. Obviously a minor detail, but for completion's sake I believe that something should be entered into the article. Desdinova 15:51, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Just finished reading a book on this, the confusion above was probably due to the way the reward was offered- £50 on capture, £50 on conviction, for a total of £100. MorganaFiolett (talk) 08:12, 19 June 2009 (UTC)

A contemporary source: The Annual Register for the year 1790, has about three pages on “Trial at the Old Bailey of Renwick Williams, commonly called The Monster”. —Mark Dominus (talk) 17:19, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

Merge from Rhynwick Williams

We have a separate article on Rhynwick Williams, which I think is redundant. Unless there is objection, I would like to merge that article into this one, and leave a redirect there pointing to here. —Mark Dominus (talk) 17:14, 21 March 2017 (UTC)

This has been done. All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:11, 30 September 2024 (UTC).

Bloody codes

This article London Monster says

"Magistrates charged Williams with defacing clothing[Note 1]—a crime that in the Bloody Code carried a harsher penalty than assault or attempted murder."

However Bloody_Code says:

"Leon Radzinowicz listed 49 pages of "Capital Statutes of the Eighteenth Century" divided into 21 categories:[13]

…

• Stabbing, maiming and shooting at any person"

Which is correct (or are they both?)

All the best: Rich Farmbrough 21:23, 30 September 2024 (UTC).