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A true and genuine account of the life, trial and execution of James Bolland late officer to the Sheriff of Middlesex, who was executed at Tyburn, March 18, 1772, for forgery. Containing. I. An Account of his Birth and Education. II. Sets up the Trade of a Butcher. His Method of cheating St. Hospital. III. Commences Sheriff's Officer. His cruel Manner and Art of extorting Money from his Prisoners. IV. His Practices of deceiving the Courts of Justice, and procuring Jew-Bail for any Sums. V. His putting his Prisoners into Houses, in order to defraud Tradesmen. VI. His marrying a rich Widow at the Fleet, and his Treatment of her afterwards. Vii. His artful Impositions on the Credulous and Unwary. Viii. His Attempt to purchase the Place of City Marshal. IX. His Behaviour under Sentence of Death, and at the Place of Execution. Exhibiting A great Variety of notorious Villainies, Frauds, Deceits and Impositions, which he committed in Conjunction with his Followers and Dependants: Whereby the Public will be sufficiently cautioned against the Artifices of Spunging Houses, Bailiffs, and their Followers. With a frontispiece, bearing a striking likeness of the criminal

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolland, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London printed for the author; and sold by R. Richards, at his Lottery Office, No. 44, near Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn; T. Peat, at Temple Exchange Coffee-House, Fleet Street; J. Swan, opposite Norfolk Street in the Strand, and the pamphlet shops at the Royal Exchange 1772, 1772
Edition:The second edition
Subjects:
Trials (forgery) / Great Britain
Online Access:
Collection: Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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