Insight Guides: Great Breaks Oxford by Insight Guides

Author:Insight Guides
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Travel, Europe, Great Britain, Oxford
Publisher: APA
Published: 2014-09-14T04:00:00+00:00

Giles Covington went to the gallows in 1791 protesting his innocence. The 23-year-old ­seaman had been convicted of the murder four years previously of David Charteris, a Scottish pedlar, near Abingdon. Among the prime suspects was Richard Kilby, an army deserter, who was arrested but offered to turn King’s Evidence in return for a Royal Pardon. It was he who pointed the finger at Covington. There has been a campaign – sadly unsuccessful – to have the case re-examined, in the hope of obtaining a Royal Pardon for Covington, as well as a proper burial. Having first done time as a teaching aide in an anatomy school, the exhibit the University Museum once labelled simply ‘Englishman’ is yet to rest in peace.

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