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The narrative of Patrick Lyon, who suffered three months severe imprisonment in Philadelphia gaol; on merely a vague suspicion, of being concerned in the robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania: with his remarks thereon.
Lyon, Patrick, -1829.Date: 1799- Books
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A genuine narrative of the life and suprising robberies and adventures of William Page. Who was executed on Pennenden-Heath, near Maidstone in Kent, on Thursday the 6th of April, 1758. For robbing Capt. Farrington, near Black Heath, with an Account of his several Robberies by his Accomplice, viz. Of his desperate Engagement with Capt. Jasper, whom he robb'd on Hounslow-Heath. Of his robbing the Hon. Taylor White, a Welch Judge, on the Circuit. His unsuccessful Attempt on Lord Downe, in which he was dangerously wounded. His famous Robbery of the East-India Company's Supercargo, on Shooter's-Hill, with many other Robberies he committed on the High-Way, during the Course of twelve Years. Together, With his several Trials at the Old Bailey, Hertford, and Rochester. With a Consolatory Letter to his Wife, sent the Morning of his Execution, and another to his Mother at Hampton. Also, a short account of John Birt the soldier, who was executed with Page for breaking into the Dwelling-House of Mr. Bacon in Rochester. With two copper plates.
Date: 1758- Books
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A genuine narrative of the life and surprising robberies and adventures of William Page. Who was executed on Pennenden-Heath, near Maidstone in Kent, on Thursday the 6th of April, 1758. For robbing Capt. Farrington, near Black Heath, with an Account of his several Robberies by his Accomplice, Viz. Of his desperate Engagement with Capt. Jasper, whom he robb'd on Hounslow-Heath. Of his robbing the Hon. Taylor White, a Welch Judge, on the Circuit. His unsuccessful Attempt on Lord Downe, in which he was dangerously wounded. His famous Robbery of the East-India Company's Supercargo, on Shooter's-Hill, with many other Robberies he committed on the High-Way, during the Course of twelve Years. Together, With the several Trials at the Old Bailey, Hertford, and Rochester. With a Consolatory Letter to his Wife, sent the Morning of his Execution, and another to his Mother at Hampton. Also, a short account of John Birt the soldier, who was executed with Page, for breaking into the Dwelling-House of Mr. Bacon in Rochester. With two copper plates.
Date: [1758]- Books
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A genuine narrative of the life and surprising robberies and adventures of William Page. Who was executed on Pennenden-Heath, near Maidstone in Kent, on Thursday the 6th of April, 1758. For robbing Capt. Farrington, near Black-Heath, with an Account of his several Robberies by his Accomplice, viz. Of his desperate Engagement with Capt. Jasper, whom he robb'd on Hounslow-Heath. Of his robbing the Hon. Taylor White, a Welch Judge, on the Circuit. His unsuccessful Attempt on Lord Downe, in which he was dangerously wounded. His famous Robbery of the East-India Company's Supercargo, on Shooter's-Hill, with many other Robberies he committed on the Highway, during the Course of twelve Years. Together, With his several Trials at the Old Bailey, Hertford, and Rochester. With a Consolatory Letter to his Wife, sent the Morning of his Execution, and another to his Mother at Hampton. Also, a short account of John Birt the soldier, who was executed with Page. for breaking into the Dwelling-House of Mr. Bacon in Rochester. With two copper plates
Date: 1758- Books
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The last speech and dying words, of Richard Luntly, carpenter aboard the Eagle Snow, who was executed within the flood-mark at Leith, upon the 11th Jauuary [sic] 1721, for the crimes of piracy and robbery.
Luntly, Richard, -1721.Date: 1721- Books
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Some reasons humbly offer'd, why castration instead of death, may prove to be the most effectual method of punishing persons found guilty of robbery and theft.
Date: Printed in the year, 1731- Books
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The life of Nicholas Mooney, alias Jackson, born at Regar near Rathfarnham in the County of Dublin: Wherein is contained; an Account of his Parentage and Education; his being put Apprentice to a Paper-Maker at Glassnevin; his Elopement from his Master, and going to Sea; his Return to Ireland, and enlisting in his Majesty's Service; his Desertion, and joining the Rebel Army at Carlisle; his Advancement there, and the Part he acted therein, till the Defeat thereof at Culloden-Mure; his Escape to France; the Adventures he met with till he took to the Highway; the many Robberies he committed in and about London; with a brief Account of his vicious Life till he committed the Robbery at Bristol, for which he was condemned and executed there on Friday, April 24, 1752. Together with Religious and moral Reflections upon the most remarkable Passages of his Life, and an Account of his Conversion, the Sunday before his Trial: The whole delivered by him to the Sheriff at the Place of Execution, and published at his own Request.
Date: 1752- Books
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An account of John Weskett, late porter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Harrington. In which is laid down an effectual method for preventing theft and robbery.
Date: [1764]- Books
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An account of John Westcote, late porter to the Right Honourable the Earl of Harrington. In which is laid down an effectual method for preventing theft and robbery.
Date: [1764?]- Books
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Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrest, and Bail. II. Of Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Ideots, Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject, Magna Charta, and Habeas Corpus Act, and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. Vii. Of publick Offences, Treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of, that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statutes, concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs, and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes; In All Cases Whatsoever.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: M.DCC.LXXXIV. [1784]- Books
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Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrests, and Bail. II. Of Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Ideots, Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject, Magna Charta, the Habeas Corpus Act, and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. Vii. Of Publick Offences, Treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of, that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statutes, concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs, and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes; In all Cases whatsoever.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: 1740- Books
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The genuine lives of Christopher Johnson, John Stockdale, and William Peers, executed for murder, July 23, 1753. Containing, A True Narrative of the Juvenile Exploits of Johnson and Stockdale before they became acquainted; their first View and Consultations; and their Inducements to go on the Highway. An exact Relation of their Robbing and Murdering Zachary Gardiner, the Postman. An Account of a Robbery they committed on an old Gentleman in Essex. Johnson's peculiar Method of forging Notes, and his Success therein. Some curious Particulars relating to the famous Roger Johnson, his Father. Stockdale's Letter to his Father the Night before he suffer'd. Their Apprehension, Examination before a Justice, Trial, Execution, and dying Behaviour. A Lecture in Anatomy, read at Surgeon's-Hall, on the Dissection of William Peers. To which is added, an account of the young highwayman, Thomas Twinbrow, for robbing two graziers in the Edge-Ware Road, the manner of his being taken, and trial. With two prints of Johnson, Stockdale, and Peers and his wife.
Date: MDCCLIII. [1753]- Books
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Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrests, and Bail. II. Of Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Ideots, Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject, Magna Charta, the Habeas Corpus Act, and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of Peace Constables, &c. Vii. Of Publick Offences, Treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of, that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statutes, concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs, and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes; In all Cases whatsoever.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: 1750- Books
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Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrest, and Bail. II. Of Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Edeots, Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject. Magna Charta, and Habcas Carpus Act, and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coronons, Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. Vii. Of publick Offences, Treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statutes, concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs, and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes; In all Cases whatsoever.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]- Books
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Every man his own lawyer: or, a summary of the laws of England in a new and instructive method, under the following Heads, Viz. I. Of Actions and Remedies, Writs, Process, Arrests, and Bail. II. Of Courts, Attornies and Solicitors therein, Juries, Witnesses, Trials, Executions, &c. III. Of Estates and Property in Lands and Goods, and how acquired; Ancestors, Heirs, Executors and Administrators. IV. Of the Laws relating to Marriage, Bastardy, Infants, Ideots, Lunaticks. V. Of the Liberty of the Subject, Magna Charta, the Habeas Corpus Act, and other Statutes. VI. Of the King and his Prerogative, the Queen and Prince, Peers, Judges, Sheriffs, Coroners, Justices of Peace, Constables, &c. Vii. Of publick Offences, treason, Murder, Felony, Burglary, Robbery, Rape, Sodomy, Forgery, Perjury, &c. And their Punishment. All of them so plainly treated of that all Manner of Persons may be particularly acquainted with our Laws and Statutes, concerning Civil and Criminal Affairs, and know how to defend Themselves and their Estates and Fortunes; In all Cases whatsoever.
Jacob, Giles, 1686-1744.Date: M.DCC.LXV. [1765]- Books
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The Genuine life and extraordinary adventures of James Turnbull, executed in the Old Bailey, on Wednesday, May 15, for stealing 2380 guineas. Containing the particulars of the robbery, his escape, apprehension, at Dover, trial and execution. To which is added a true copy of verses, written by Turnbull, addressed to his fellow-prisoners; published by authority.
Date: [1799?]- Books
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The trial of Thomas Smith, and John Kennedy, for a highway robbery, committed on the body of John Matthews, in the Parish of Rickmersworth, Herts, on Sunday Evening the 13th of May last. AS Also, A particular Account of the Circumstances attending the discovery thereof, and of the Persons of the Robbers.
Smith, Thomas, -1787.Date: 1787- Books
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A full and true account of an horrid and barbarous robbery, Committed on Epping-Forest, upon the Body of the Cambridge Coach. In a Letter to M. F. Esq;
Byrom, John, 1692-1763.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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A full and true account of an horrid and barbarous robbery, committed on Epping-Forest, upon the body of the Cambridge coach. In a letter to M. F. Esq;
Byrom, John, 1692-1763.Date: MDCCXXVIII. [1728]- Books
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A full and particular account of the most extraodinary [sic] robbery of Mr. Cambell, the banker's clerk, in Hatton-Garden. Giving an account how cruelly he was treated by a gang of swindlers, ... with all the particulars of this surprising robbery, which is now discovere by one of the gang, named Lawrence Jones, who was apprehended on Monday last by Jealous and Kennedy, ... in Bridge-Street, Westminster.
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The repentant sighs of James Chambers and William Collins, the two unfortunate malefactors now under sentence of death in Newgate, at Newcastle upon Tyne; for the robbery of Jasper Anderson, ...
Date: 1784]- Books
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Matchless villany [sic]: or, a full and authentic narrative of the robbery and murder of John Penny, Esq; in a letter from a gentleman in London, to his friend in Hampshire. ...
G. H.Date: 1741- Books
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An account of the conversion of Edward Lee, a malefactor, who was executed at Haverford-West, in Wales, for a robbery. In a letter from Mr. Cennick, to his friend in London.
Cennick, John, 1718-1755.Date: 1756- Books
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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?]- Books
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An Act for the further preventing robbery, burglary, and other felonies, and for the more effectual transportation of felons, and unlawful exporters of wooll; and for declaring the law upon some points relating to pirates.
Great Britain.Date: 1718]