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An account of the tryal and examination of Joseph Reader , a miller, living at Shaftesbury in Dorsetshire; who was try'd on Friday, March 21, at the Assizes held at Dorchester, before the Honourable Mr. Baron Bury, for hanging one James Smith, a highway-man (whom he had taken) on a Tree, contrary to Law. With an Account how he was Acquitted, and had 30 l. given him by the Company for his Enccouragement, with other Memorable Passages at the Tryal. To which is also added an Account of the Dying-Speech the Highway-Man made to him before his Execution, and other Words that pass'd between them.
Reader, JosephDate: 1712- E-books
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The ordinary of Newgate his account , Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Monday the 24th of this Instant May, at Tyburn.
Purney, Thomas, 1695-ca. 1727.Date: 1725]- E-books
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The last dying speech, and confession , Life, Character, and Behaviour, of the unfortunate malefactors, Executed this Day for the Murder of Mr. Duncan Robinson, near Smart's Buildings, Holborn.
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The triumphant Christian or, faith's victory over death and the grave. Exemplified in the last experiences and dying words of a private gentleman.
Date: M.DCC.LIV. [1754]- E-books
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The ordinary's account of the life and conversation, birth, parentage and education of John Herman Bryan, the Switzer , who was executed on Friday the 24th of October, 1707 in St. James's-street, and afterwards hang'd in chains ar [sic] the gravel-pits near Acton, for robbing his master's house, and afterwards setting it on fire. ... Also, an account of the behaviour, confession and last dying words, as they were delivered at the place of execution to Paul Lorrain, ordinary.
Lorrain, P. (Paul), d. 1719.Date: 1707