Another fascinating find from this past week… I finally took a good look at it and did some research; it is far more historically significant than I originally thought.

According to British Executions: “Betts and and Ridley had driven to the location of the robbery and Betts had got out and followed Andrews who was wandering down the street with a bag of cash. Betts grabbed the bag of cash, and hit Andrews on the head, then made his getaway in the yellow car driven by Ridley. However, Andrews had a thin skull and died of the injury. The robbery [and murder] was witnessed by Charles Dowd who saw Betts make a getaway in a yellow car.”

Victor Edward Betts ended up being executed by hanging a mere two weeks after the date of this notice. According to the Wikipedia article about the trial, this case was quite significant because it “established [precedent in British criminal law] that to be convicted of a crime under the doctrine of Common purpose, it was not necessary for an accessory to actually be present when the offense was carried out.”

The real question is: how did this notice end up in an estate in New York City’s Upper East Side?

And how much is it worth?!