The Rogues calendar; or, Malefactors bloody register. Containing genuine and circumstantial narratives of the lives and transactions, of the most notorious criminal of both sexes, [Wh]o suffered death, and other punishments, in Great Britain and Ireland, from the year 1700, to the present time; for high treason petty treason, murder, piracy, felony, highway robberies, forgery bigamy, burglaries, riots, &c. And various other crimes and misdemeanors. On a plan entirely new, wherein will be fully displayed the regular progress from virtue to vice, interspersed with striking reflectioins on the conduct of those unhappy wretches who have fallen a sacrifice to the injured laws of their country. The whole tending to guard young minds from the allurements of vice, and the paths that lead to destruction.

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1784
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Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, 1784.

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108p. ; 120.

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ESTC T207497

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