Before I could procrastinate, Britt sent through the full text of the leaflet pictured below. Here it is.
*
GRAND MORAL SPECTACLE!
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT.
THIS DAY, SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1847
A YOUNG GIRL
SEVENTEEN YEARS OF AGE
IS TO BE
PUBLICLY STRANGLED
IN FRONT OF THE
COUNTY JAIL, BURY ST.EDMONDS.
SHE WILL APPEAR
ATTENDED BY A MINISTER OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND,
CLAD IN HIS ROBES CANONICAL;
ALSO BY THE HANGMAN
THE GREAT MORAL TEACHER,
who after fastening her arms to her side, and putting a rope around her neck, will strike the scaffold from under her; and if the neck of the wretched victim be not by this shock broken, the said MORAL TEACHER will pull her legs of the miserable girl until by his weight and strength united he
STRANGLES HER.
This exhibition, (the admission to which is free) is provided by a "CHRISTIAN LEGISLATIVE’ for the instruction of "A CHRISTIAN PEOPLE" and is intended to impress upon the minds of the multitude of abhorrence of all cruelty, a love of mercy and kindness, and a reverence for human life!!!!
– – – – –
London C Gilpin, 5 Bishopgate Street Without