The whole trial of John the Painter , for setting fire to the rope-house at Portsmouth, which came on at the assizes held at Winchester, on Thursday last, the 6th of March, 1777.

The True and remarkable lives and adventures, of David Clarey, under sentence of death in Newgate, for setting fire to his house. And Catherine Heyland, condemned to be burnt at a stake, for coining

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