The remarkable tryal of Thomas Chandler late of Clifford's Inn, London, gent. who was tried and convicted at the Lent assizes at Reading, 1750, before Mr. Baron Clive, for wilful and corrupt Perjury, in swearing that he was robbed of fifteen Bank Notes of the Value of 960l. 5 Guineas in Gold, 20 s. and upwards in Silver, and a Silver Watch, on the 24th of March 1747, between Hare-Hatch and Twyford in Berkshire, in the Road to Reading, by Three Men on Foot. To which is added, (at the Request of the High Sheriff and Grand Jury of the County of Berks,) an introductory account of the life of the said Mr. Chandler, From the Time of his going Clerk to an Attorney, to the Time of his Conviction, and of the several Steps taken by the Prosecutors in order to bring him to Justice. Containing, (amongst many other Particulars) I. His being put Clerk to Mr. Banks, and his Marriage with his Master's Maid in the Fleet. II. His being turned over to Mr. Hill, and his artful Deception of his Master and Father in order to raise 1000 l.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Wise, Edward
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Reading printed and sold by C. Micklewright: sold also by J. Newbery, [London] at the Bible and Sun in St. Paul's Churchyard; and bny all Booksellers and Pamphlet-Sellers in Town and Country 1751, [1751]
Subjects:	Chandler, Thomas / Of Clifford's Inn, London Chandler, Thomas / Trials, Litigation, Etc Trials (perjury) / England
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0639400600?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa