Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences

_The clemency of the Law of England is so great that it does not take away the life of any subject whatever, but in order to the preservation of the rest both by removing the of...

One of the most dangerous passions which can enter the breasts of young people, though at the same time it be one of the most common, is the love of finery and a mean and foolis...

came first to enquire for them; though for reasons not hard to guess he made use of all this formality before he proceeded to return them. When, therefore, according to his appo...

_In the Preface to my former volume I endeavoured to give my readers some idea of the English Crown Law, in order to shew how consistent it was with right reason, how perfectly...

John Turner, _alias_ Civil John--John Johnson--James Sherwood, George Weldon and John Hughs--Martin Bellamy--William Russell, Robert Crough and William Holden--Christopher Rawli...

Preface--Jane Griffin--John Trippuck, Richard Cane and Richard Shepherd--William Barton--Robert Perkins--Barbara Spencer--Walter Kennedy--Matthew Clark--John Winship--John Meff-...

Preface--William Sperry--Robert Harpham--Jonathan Wild--John Little--John Price--Foster Snow--John Whalebone--James Little--John Hamp--John Austin, John Foster and Richard Scurr...