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The dying speeches and behaviour of the several state prisoners that have been executed the last 300 years. With their several characters from the best historians, as Cambden, Spotswood, Clarendon, Sprat, Burnet, &c. And A Table shewing how the respective Sentences were Executed, and which of them were Mitigated, or Pardon'd. Being a proper supplement to the state-tryals.
Date: MDCCXX. [1720]
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A genuine account of the life of John Rann, alias Sixteen-string Jack: who was executed November 30th. 1774, for a robbery on the highway, near Brentford; ... some curious anecdotes of Miss Smith and Miss Roche, ... to which is added some strictures on the penal laws, an a particular account of Lane and Trotman, now under sentence of death for the ... robbery of Mr. Floyd, ... near Chelsea.
Date: [1774?]
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The ordinary of Newgate his account of the behaviours, confessions, and last dying words of the malefactors that were executed at Tyburn on Friday the 29th of January, 1719-20
Purney, Thomas, 1695-approximately 1727.Date: 1720]
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A genuine account of the life, robberies, trial and execution, of William Hawke, call'd the flying highwayman. Who was executed at Tyburn, July the First, 1774. Containing His Birth and Education. His numerous Robberries; both as a Footpad, and on the Highway. His Generosity to Persons in Distress: His Flight to France, with his Character of that Country and People. His Transportation to America, and quick Return. His escape out of Tothill-Fields Bridewell. His Battle with Captain Cunningham and Mr. Hart. The Manner of his Apprehension, with his desperate Resistance. His Behaviour to his Friends, and particular Regard to his Wife. His Behaviour under Sentence of Death in Newgate, &c.
Date: MDCCLXXIV. [1774]
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Select trials for murders, robberies, rapes, sodomy, coining, Frauds, And other Offences: at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey. To which are added, genuine accounts of the lives, behaviour, confessions and dying-speeches of the most eminent convicts. ... . From the Year 1720, to 1724, inclusive.
Date: M.DCC.XXXIV. [1734]-35

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Crime and criminals - Great Britain

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The ordinary of Newgate his account of the behaviours, confessions, and last dying words of the malefactors that were executed at Tyburn on Friday the 29th of January, 1719-20

Select trials for murders, robberies, rapes, sodomy, coining, Frauds, And other Offences: at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey. To which are added, genuine accounts of the lives, behaviour, confessions and dying-speeches of the most eminent convicts. ... . From the Year 1720, to 1724, inclusive.