Richard Patch, hanged for murder. Line engraving, 1813.

The trial of Richard Patch for the wilful murder of Isaac Blight, at Rotherhithe, on the 23d of September, 1805, at the Session House, Newington, Surrey, on Saturday, the fifth of April, 1806 / Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney and W.B. Gurney.

Ingratitude and murder! : The trial of Mr. R. Patch for the wilful murder of Mr. Blight ... / Taken in short-hand.

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The trial of Richard Patch for the wilful murder of Isaac Blight, at Rotherhithe, on the 23d of September, 1805, at the Session House, Newington, Surrey, on Saturday, the fifth of April, 1806 / Taken in short-hand by Joseph Gurney and W.B. Gurney.

Ingratitude and murder! : The trial of Mr. R. Patch for the wilful murder of Mr. Blight ... / Taken in short-hand.