“There is an old saying that half the world does not know how the other half lives, and an exemplification of this was brought to light at Hebden-bridge at the end of last week. For some months the curious doings of a young woman have been giving the police of Todmorden, Hebden-bridge, Manchester, Bolton and Rochdale a considerable amount of trouble, but in such a wily way did she also carry on her work of imposition and deception that she has for a considerable time been abl

On the 16th of August 1783, at midday, Thomas Spencer was hung by the neck on Beacon Hill, near Halifax. He had been found guilty of high...