Authentick memoirs of the wicked life and dying words of the Late John Collington, of Throwleigh, in Kent; Who was executed on Saturday, April 7, 1750, at Maidstone, for maliciously hiring John Stone and William Luckhurst, to set fire to the barn and ricks of Mr. John Clarke; in which is a full and particular account of his unheard-of cruelties, acts of revenge, and malice; particularly to his first wife and children, and neighbours, where-ever he lived: together with his behaviour during his confinement in goal to the time of his execution, and his last dying words. To which is added, a full account of the life and dying words of John Stone, for setting fire to the barn and ricks of the said Mr. John Clarke; as also those of John Williams for house-breaking, and Francis Foster for robbing on the highway, who were all three executed at the same time with Collington.

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1750
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London : Printed for G. Griffith, the corner of Elliot's Court, in the Little Old Bailey, 1750.

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11,[1]p. ; 40.

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ESTC T164287

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