The trial of Isaac Prescott, Esq., a captain in the Royal Navy, late commander of His Majesty's ship the Seaford, for wanton, tyrannical, unprovoked, and savage cruelty towards Jane Prescott, his wife, daughter of the Reverend Mr. Walter, Chaplain of His Majesty's Dock-Yard at Portsmouth, who gave with her 2000 l. as a marriage portion : setting forth the whole of the evidence upon that remarkable trial in the Consistory Court at Doctors Commons.

London : G. Lister, 1785.

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Prescott, Isaac, -- 1758?- -- Trials, litigation, etc.

Prescott, Jane, -- 1758?-.

Trials (Assault and battery) -- Great Britain.

Abused wives -- Great Britain -- Legal status, laws, etc.

"It appears by this trial, that Captain Prescott is so very ingenious in the art of tormenting, and has contrived so many new and extraordinary modes of punishment for a woman, that he appears fully qualified to preside at a Spanish inquisition. Mrs. Brownrig in her day was thought an adept in every species of cruelty, but our hero has refined upon her principles; and disdaining to inflict common punishments, has invented a system of his own. His unparelleled transactions are equally numerous and astonishing."

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Trial of Isaac Prescott, Esq

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