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Historical Mysteries

Andrew Lang

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. . .On being shown the string John shook his head, and said that 'to his sorrow he knew it, for that was the string his brother strangled his master with.' To this circumstance John swore at the ensuing trial.

The Assizes were held in September, and the Perrys were indicted both for the robbery in 1659 and the murder in 1660. They pleaded 'Guilty' to the first charge, as some one in court whispered to them to do, for the crime was covered by the Act of Pardon and Oblivion passed by Charles II. at his happy Restoration. If they were innocent of the robbery, as probably they were, they acted foolishly in pleading guilty. We hear of no evidence against them for the robbery, except John's confession, which was evidence perhaps against John, but was none against them. They thus damaged their case, for if they were really guilty of the robbery from Harrison's house, they were the most likely people in the neighbourhood to have robbed him again and murdered him. Very proba. . . Read More

Community Reviews

This isn't what you'd expect from the title.

It is, in fact, mysteries from various points in history. But they are simply bare accounts of some case or another in the past, how they were investigated, what happened to the people involved, etc. Its history, rather than mystery, as most are resolved a

Not what I expected. The mysteries may be historical and are well researched, but hardly important or much of interest.