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An account of the tryal and examination of Joseph Reader, a miller, living at Shaftesbury in Dorsetshire; who was try'd on Friday, March 21, at the Assizes held at Dorchester, before the Honourable Mr. Baron Bury, for hanging one James Smith, a highway-man (whom he had taken) on a Tree, contrary to Law. With an Account how he was Acquitted, and had 30 l. given him by the Company for his Enccouragement, with other Memorable Passages at the Tryal. To which is also added an Account of the Dying-Speech the Highway-Man made to him before his Execution, and other Words that pass'd between them.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reader, Joseph.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Last words--Early works to 1800.
- Last words.
- Reader, Joseph--Trials, litigation, etc--Early works to 1800.
- Reader, Joseph.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (1 sheet )
- Other Title:
- Account of the tryal and examination of Joseph Reader,
- Place of Publication:
- London : printed for T. Johnson near Fleetstreet, 1712.
- Notes:
- Reproduction of original from Harvard University Houghton Library.
- Cited in:
- English Short Title Catalog, N6127.
- OCLC:
- 642216939
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