🔸 King’s Cross, Euston Road July 1899. A busy scene outside the station, with horse drawn traffic going about their business and competing for space. Near the bottom left, a newspaper placard announces the execution of Mary Ansell. Mary Ann Ansell, a house-maid, was hanged at St Albans, on 19th July 1899 for poisoning her sister, Caroline, who was an inmate in an asylum. Her intention appeared to be to obtain 11 pounds, from an insurance cover on Caroline which she had taken out. Before her eventual execution there was considerable public pressure for a reprieve, on the grounds of her gender, youth and perceived lack of mental capacity (both of herself, and other members of her family). As against that, there was a significant reluctance within the Home Office to reprieve a poisoner, since it was seen as an easy but premeditated act. Her case thus received a measure of Parliamentary attention. In subsequent years the case was used to discuss the limits to criminal responsibility. The second picture is believed to be of Mary. #victorianchaps #vintage #victorian #kingscross #london🇬🇧 #pastlives #execution #hanging #history #goodolddays #oldphoto #nostalgia #retro #1890s #murder (at Kings Cross, London) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqS6zaSDim5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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