The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century : with Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confessions, and the Last Exclamations of SuffersJ. Robins and Company, 1824 - Crime |
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... March EXECUTED FOR THE CRUEL MURDER OF MISS PRICT , WHOM HE HAD SEDUCED AND PROMISED MARRIAGE , equally admired for the depth of his abilities and the amiableness of his temper . Here he married the daughter of Mr. Randall , who died in ...
... March EXECUTED FOR THE CRUEL MURDER OF MISS PRICT , WHOM HE HAD SEDUCED AND PROMISED MARRIAGE , equally admired for the depth of his abilities and the amiableness of his temper . Here he married the daughter of Mr. Randall , who died in ...
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... March , 1703 , before he had attained the age of twenty- seven years . From the particular circumstances which contributed to bring this of- fender to justice , the ill effects of keeping bad company may be learn . ed . If he had not ...
... March , 1703 , before he had attained the age of twenty- seven years . From the particular circumstances which contributed to bring this of- fender to justice , the ill effects of keeping bad company may be learn . ed . If he had not ...
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... March , 1710 , at the age of nineteen years . While she lay under sentence of death she entertained an idea that she ought not to suffer , because she did not actually commit the mur- der with her own hands , but only stood by while the ...
... March , 1710 , at the age of nineteen years . While she lay under sentence of death she entertained an idea that she ought not to suffer , because she did not actually commit the mur- der with her own hands , but only stood by while the ...
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... March , hearing that the mob had pulled down Dr. Burgess's meeting - house , he resolved to go among them , to do what service he could to government by making discoveries . This witness , going to Mr. Bradbury's meeting , found the ...
... March , hearing that the mob had pulled down Dr. Burgess's meeting - house , he resolved to go among them , to do what service he could to government by making discoveries . This witness , going to Mr. Bradbury's meeting , found the ...
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... march into Drury Lane , and to return their bayonets and draw their swords ; that when they came to Drury Lane , there was a bonfire with a large mob about it ; that near the fire the horse were all drawn up into one line , with their ...
... march into Drury Lane , and to return their bayonets and draw their swords ; that when they came to Drury Lane , there was a bonfire with a large mob about it ; that near the fire the horse were all drawn up into one line , with their ...
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Page 57 - ... rise, from a supposition that the prisoners were debtors, a constable was directed to carry the bloody sword before them, in testimony that murder had been committed, which produced the wished-for effect by keeping perfect peace. The prisoners begged to send for counsel; which being granted, Noble was committed for trial, after an examination of two hours ; but the...
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