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The farmer's guide through fairs and markets : Or, A sure way to preserve their property from the attempts of a low set of gamblers, who make a constant practice of imposing upon the credulity of the ignorant and unwary. Taken from Sir John Fielding's extracts of the penal laws. To which is added, a remarkable instance of fraud which was lately practiced upon a credulous farmer, in a neighbouring county.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fielding, John, Sir, 1721-1780.
Standardized Title:
Extracts from such of the penal laws, as particularly relate to the peace and good order of this metropolis. Selections
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gambling--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.
Gambling.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (16p. )
Other Title:
Farmer's guide through fairs and markets
Place of Publication:
Nantwich : Printed and sold by J. Bromley, opposite the Crown, 1775.
Notes:
Price on title page: (Price Two-Pence.)
Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T185224.
OCLC:
509424504

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