The Criminal Recorder: Or, Biographical Sketches of Notorious Public Characters, 1권J. Cundee, 1804 |
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... , from a variety of circumstances great num- bers of people believed him to be innocent of the fact ; and very powerful interest was made for pre- B 2 serving serving his life . On the morning appointed for his ALEXANDER . S.
... , from a variety of circumstances great num- bers of people believed him to be innocent of the fact ; and very powerful interest was made for pre- B 2 serving serving his life . On the morning appointed for his ALEXANDER . S.
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... morning , in order to conduct the prisoner to the place of execution . He informed them that his friends were gone to Richmond , to make a second application to the king ; and they consented to defer their melancholy office till the ...
... morning , in order to conduct the prisoner to the place of execution . He informed them that his friends were gone to Richmond , to make a second application to the king ; and they consented to defer their melancholy office till the ...
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... morning of execution . His whole frame was convulsed ; and when at the fatal tree , despair seemed to have taken possession of his soul . He said a short prayer , but did not address the sur- rounding multitude . He suffered at Tyburn ...
... morning of execution . His whole frame was convulsed ; and when at the fatal tree , despair seemed to have taken possession of his soul . He said a short prayer , but did not address the sur- rounding multitude . He suffered at Tyburn ...
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... morning ; when , during his absence an affair happened , which was attended with troublesome consequences . A Dutch woman meeting with a gentleman in the street , conducted him to Angier's house , house , where he drank so freely that ...
... morning ; when , during his absence an affair happened , which was attended with troublesome consequences . A Dutch woman meeting with a gentleman in the street , conducted him to Angier's house , house , where he drank so freely that ...
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... morning of their execution . Their behaviour at the place of death is thus recorded by the minister who attended them . " On Friday the 5th of July , 1723 , about eleven o'clock in the morning , they were conveyed in a cart to the place ...
... morning of their execution . Their behaviour at the place of death is thus recorded by the minister who attended them . " On Friday the 5th of July , 1723 , about eleven o'clock in the morning , they were conveyed in a cart to the place ...
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accomplices acquainted afterwards answer appeared apprehended asked attended begged behaviour bill Blewit body Boughton brought Burnworth Buttermere Calf Sound called captain circumstances coach Collington committed conduct consequence convicted court Cowland crime declared Despard Donellan escape evidence father following day friends Gardelle gave gentleman girl guilty guineas Harpham Hawkins Hayes Hereupon highwayman hope horse husband indictment John John Fielding Jonathan Wild jury justice Kennington Common Keswick length letter likewise lived lodged London lord Ferrers lord Haversham lordship magistrate manner married master morning murder Newgate night o'clock occasion offence officers Old Bailey person pirates pistol place of execution pounds prisoner received sentence robbed robberies Sarah Green Scotland seized sent sentence of death servant shewed ship Shoreditch Sir Theodosius soon Southwark suffered at Tyburn swore taken into custody tence tion told took trial wife witness woman wounded young
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404 페이지 - That you he carried from hence to the place from whence you came, and from thence to the place of execution, and there to be hanged by the neck till you are dead, — and may the Lord havu mercy on your soul...
301 페이지 - I have but one request to ask, at my departure from this world; it is the charity of its silence. Let no man write my epitaph; for, as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them. Let them and me repose in obscurity and peace, and my tomb remain uninscribed, until other times and other men can do justice to my character.
301 페이지 - I am going to my cold and silent grave ; my lamp of life is nearly extinguished ; my race is run ; the grave opens to receive me, and I sink into its bosom ! I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world ; it is the charity of its silence ! Let no man write my epitaph ; for, as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
299 페이지 - Government, it is evident that every hazard attending an independent effort, was deemed preferable, to the more fatal risk of introducing a French army into this country.
19 페이지 - ... chance exposed ? And might not a place where bones lay be mentioned by a person by chance as well as found by a labourer by chance ? Or is it more criminal accidentally to name where bones lie, than accidentally to...
15 페이지 - Besides, it must needs occur to every one, that an action of this atrocious nature is never heard of, but when its springs are laid open, it appears that it was to support some indolence, or supply some luxury ; to satisfy some avarice, or oblige some malice; to prevent some real, or some imaginary want: yet I lay not under the influence of any one of these. Surely, my lord, I may, consistent with both truth and modesty, affirm thus much ; and none who have any veracity, and knew me, will ever question...
13 페이지 - I labour, not with guilt, my lord, but with perplexity. For, having never seen a court but this, — being wholly unacquainted with law, the customs of the bar, and all judiciary proceedings...
213 페이지 - ... you are to be drawn on hurdles to the place of execution, where you are to be hanged by the neck, but not until you are dead, for while you are still living your bodies are to be taken down, your bowels torn out and burnt before your faces ; your heads...
16 페이지 - ... too: and it has scarce or never been heard of, but that every cell now known contains or contained these relics of humanity, some mutilated and some entire. I do not inform, but give me leave to remind your Lordship that here sat solitary Sanctity...
19 페이지 - Here too is a human skull produced, which is fractured ; but was this the cause, or was it the consequence, of death ? was it owing to violence, or was it the effect of natural decay ? If it was violence, was that violence before or after death ? My lord, in May, 1732, the remains of William, lord archbishop of this province, were taken...