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A sermon, preached at the church of St. Peter le poor, [electronic resource] : in Broad-Street, London, on Sunday, April 7, 1793, for the benefit of the Philanthropic-Society, by the Rev. John Fresselicque, A. B. Late of Queen's College, Cambridge, and Chaplain of his Majesty's Ship Bellerophon.
by Fresselicque, John James, d. 1832. Material type:  Book; Language:English; Format:
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 Publisher: M.DCC.XCIII. [1793]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The proceedings of J. Hewitt, [electronic resource] : alderman, and one of his Majesty's justices of the peace, for the city and county of Coventry, in the year 1756. Being a particular account of the gang of coiners, apprehended in the Counties of Oxford, Warwick, and Stafford, pursued by the Author; Nine of whom were committed to the Goal of this City; part of whom were Tried, Convicted, and Executed there in 1756: With Abstracts from their Letters, Papers, &c. found upon them from their several Agents, and Accomplices, both Abroad and in different Parts of this Kingdom. Their principal Agents who made large Sums will be pointed out; the Cause they owed their Escape from the Punishments due to their Crimes will be stated, and their several Connections with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Coiners, of whom Thomas Lightowller was a particular Instructor, will be set forth. The extraordinary adventures of the said Thomas Lightowller, The greatest mechanical Genius of his Time; Who escaped from this Kingdom, when Stell, and others of that numerous of Gang Yorkshire Coiners, were Apprehended, and Committed to York Castle. Thomas Lightowller was lately in the Service of the Emperess Queen at Vienua, and had a Pension of 300l. per Annum. In two books. Book I.
by Hewitt, John, 1719-1802. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: in the Year M,DCC,LXXXIII. [1783]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The life of Nicholas Mooney, alias Jackson, [electronic resource] : 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. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1752Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The want of a religious education, and keeping bad company, destructive to virtuous principles. A sermon preach'd the 20th of March, at Hertford, the Sunday before the execution of the two convicts, viz. Thomas Bibby, ... and Thomas Flack, ... To which is added, their life and confession; ... By William Tutty, ... [electronic resource].
by Tutty, William, fl. 1741. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: 1747Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The lives of the most remarkable criminals, who have been condemn'd and executed; for murder, highway, house-breakers, Street-Robberies, Coining, or other Offences; from the year 1720, to the present time: Containing Particularly, The Lives of Mrs. Griffin, for the Murder of her Maid; Kennedy the Pirate, Molony and Carrick, Highwaymen; Brinsden, who Murder'd his Wife; Lovee, and the rest of his Gang, Street-Robbers; Captain Massey for Piracy; Roch, for Piracy and Murder; Captain Stanley, for the Murder of Mrs. Maycock; a full Account of the Waltham Blacks; the famous Jack Shephard; his Companion Blueskin; and Towers, who was hang'd for setting up the new Mint. Collected from original papers and authentick memoirs. ... . To which is Perfix'd A Preface, containing a General View of the Laws of England, with respect to Capital Offences [electronic resource]. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCXXXV. [1735]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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An essay on crimes and punishments, [electronic resource] : with a view of, and commentary upon Beccaria, Rousseau, Voltaire, Montesquieu, Fielding, and Blackstone. In Which Are Contained Treatises Of the Idea of God and Religion, (as an incentive to Virtue) -Scepticism and Faith (as conducive to Knowledge) -Heresy and Toleration (as an Enemy to and a Promoter of Hapiness) -Religion in general (as a support to public Peace) Of the Progress of it since the Reformation (as productive of Liberty) -The Idea of Honour, Ambition, and Pride (as the Source of criminal Offences) And of Morality (as the Source of all Good) By M. Dawes, Of The Inner Temple, Esq.
by Dawes, M. (Manasseh), d. 1829. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLXXXII. [1782]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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The ordinary of Newgate, [electronic resource] : his account of the behaviour, confession, and dying words, of the malefactors, who were executed at Tyburn, on Wednesday the 18th of March, 1740. Being the First Execution in the mayoralty of the Rt. Hon. Humphry Parsons Esq; Number I.
by Guthrie, James, fl. 1727-1746. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: M,DCC,XL. [1740]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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An authentic account of forgeries and frauds of various kinds [electronic resource] : committed by that most consummate adept in deception, Charles Price. Otherwise Patch, many years a Lottery Office Keeper, In London and Westminster: Who, to avoid an ignominious death, destroyed himself in Tothill-Fields Bridewell, on the 24th of January, 1786. Published principally to gratify the Curiosity of the People, concerning a Man who had baffled every Mode of Detection, set on foot by the Directors of the Bank of England, and the Magistrates of Bow-Street, for upwards of Five Years. With which is given as a Frontispiece, an exact Representation of his Person, in the Disguise which he wore when he negotiated his first Parcel of Counterfeit Bank Notes, in the Year 1780, and likewise his Portrait in his usual Dress. Material type: Book; Language:English; Format:
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Publisher: MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]Online access: Full text online Availability: No items available
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