A compleat collection of remarkable tryals of the most notorious malefactors, at the sessions-house in the Old Baily, for near fifty years past; For the Crimes following, viz. Murthers, Highway-Robbing, Pyracy, House-Breaking, Foot-Padding, Rapes, Sodomy, Bestiality, Polygamy, Fortune-Stealing, Trepanning, Kidnapping, Shop-Lifting, Pertury, Counterfeiting the Coin, Exchequer-Bills, Bank-Notes, Stamps, &c. Together with A particular Account of their Behaviour under Sentence of Death, and Dying-Speeches. Faithfully Collected from the Books of Trvals, and Papers of Mr. Smith, Mr. Allen, Mr. Wikes, and Mr. Lorrain, Ordinaries of Newgate, from the first Printing of them, down to this present Time: And from other Authentick Narratives. ...

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Crime.

Trials--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Trials.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (4v. )

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Philips; and sold by J. Brotherton and W. Meadows at the Black-Ball in Cornhill, and J. Roberts in Warwick-Lane, [1718]-21.

Notes:

The titlepages to vols. 3 and 4 read, in part: .. from the year 1706, to the last Sessions, 1720, and are dated 1721, with the imprint: Printed for J. Brotherton, and W. Meadows; F. Clay; and J. Batley.

The dedication to vol.1 signed: N.B.

Braces in imprint.

Price from imprint: Price 5 s. The Two Volumes bound.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T72141.

OCLC:

642669289