Series 1 - John Johnson memoirs

50pp

Photocopies of Ogilvie, Rev. (1824),Trial and Sentence of John Johnson, for the Murder of James Murray, Connected with His Life and Confessions (New York: Joseph Denoues), and of Stanford, Rev. John (1824), A True Account of the Confessions and Contra Confessions of John Johnson on the Murder of James Murray (New York: Brown & Tyrell). Johnson was a native of County Antrim who emigrated to New York and ran a boarding house there. In November 1823, Johnson was accused of murdering one of his boarders in order to steal his money. In March 1824, Johnson was convicted, and on 2 April 1824 was hanged at the corner of 2nd Avenue and 13th Street in New York in front of approximately 50,000 spectators.