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Swindlers and swindling - Great Britain - Early works to 1800
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The life of William Hawke, the celebrated highwayman, now under sentence of death in Newgate: containing an account of all the remarkable robberies he committed before and since his Return from Transportation, with the manner in which he was apprehended, and his behaviour since conviction. To which is added, The swindler's chronicle: containing a full account of the frauds and Forgeries committed by Thomas Watkinson, Who died in Newgate the 14th of May last; with a Description of the most remarkable Swindlers Who now infest this Metropolis.
Hawke, William, -1774.Date: [1774?]- Books
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The Eventful life, and wonderful history of that most notoriuos character, swindler, and forger, Charles Price; Commonly called old patch, &c. &c. cotaining a full account of his unparalleled frauds, impenetrable disguises, and ingenius forgeries, during the term of six years, on the Bank of England, and the public at large.
Date: [1800?]- Books
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The swindler detected: or cautions to the public: containing a minute account of the various frauds and impositions practised on the honest and industrious tradesmen of this metropolis. The Stories related in this Tract are collected from absolute Facts that have transpired within the last eighteen Months. addressed to a certain alderman.
Date: 1781- Books
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The speaking figure, and the automaton chess-player, exposed and detected.
Thicknesse, Philip, 1719-1792.Date: MDCCLXXXIV. [1784]