Full Particulars of the Trial of Wm. Jones, For The Murder of Betty Jeffs, With His Defence, As delivered by him at the Old Bailey, on Friday, February 22, 1828

Broadside printed with an account of the trial of William Jones accused of the murder of the widow Betty Jeffs and the theft of a coat from 11 Montague Place, Bedford Square where Betty lived as a domestic servant. The broadside includes a copy of the paper which the accused read in his defence at the trial. William Jones pleaded guilty to the theft of the coat but was found not guilty of the murder.
Such cheaply produced trial broadsides were published by a small number of printers many of whom, such as Thomas Birt, James Catnach and James Pitts were based around the Seven Dials area of London. Spelling and grammar was often poor and the details not always accurate.