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The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett : apprentice to an attorney at law, who for a murder which he never committed, was tried, condemned, executed, and hung in chains, in old England; yet lived many years afterwards, and in his travels found the man in the West-Indies, actually alive, for the supposed murder of whom he had been really executed. Demonstratively proving, that condemnations upon circumstantial evidence are injurious to innocence, incompatible with justice, and therefore ought always to be discountenanced, especially in cases of life an death[.].
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- Author/Creator:
- Bickerstaff, Isaac, 1735-1812.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gwinett, Ambrose.
- Murder--England--Deal.
- Murder.
- Executions and executioners--England--Deal.
- Executions and executioners.
- Evidence, Circumstantial.
- England--Deal.
- Physical Description:
- 24 pages ; 12⁰
- Other Title:
- Life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Printed and sold by J. White, near Charles'-River Bridge, --1800.
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Attributed to Isaac Bickerstaff in the Dictionary of national biography.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
- Cited in:
- Evans, 37561
- English Short Title Catalog, W19276.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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