An account of the lives of the most notorious murderers and robbers Edward Burnworth alias Frazier, William Blewet, Emanuel Dickenson, Thomas Berry alias Teague, John Higgs, and John Legee. Containing, A full Relation of their several Births, Parentage and Education, and their most remarkable Burglaries and Street Robberies, viz. The Lord Chief Justice Eyre's and Counsellor Fazakerly's Houses in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields; Mrs Spinkes's in Southampton-Row; the Assault and Riot at the George Ale-House in Stocks-Market; the Attempt to rob the Earl of Harborough in his Chair; the robbing of Mr. Charlwood an Apothecary in Covent-Garden. Of Burnworth's Letter to the Attorney-General, and Legee's Wedding the Day after Ball's Murder. With many other of their notable Pranks and Exploits, not published in any other Pamphlet, or Dying-Speech Paper whatever. To which is added, their Tryal and Conviction at Kingston Assizes, for the barbarous Murder of Thomas Ball; with their Behaviour both before and after Sentence, and at the Place of Execution, &c

Bibliographic Details

Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London printed for J. Roberts, near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-Lane 1726, 1726
Edition:	The second edition
Subjects:	Gale, John / 1680-1721 Sacheverell, Henry / 1674?-1724
Online Access:	http://nl.sub.uni-goettingen.de/id/0733100900?orig...
Collection:	Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa