Executions and executioners - England

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The life of Nicholas Mooney, alias Jackson , born at Regar near Rathfarnham in the County of Dublin: Wherein is contained; an Account of his Parentage and Education; his being put Apprentice to a Paper-Maker at Glassnevin; his Elopement from his Master, and going to Sea; his Return to Ireland, and enlisting in his Majesty's Service; his Desertion, and joining the Rebel Army at Carlisle; his Advancement there, and the Part he acted therein, till the Defeat thereof at Culloden-Mure; his Escape to France; the Adventures he met with till he took to the Highway; the many Robberies he committed in and about London; with a brief Account of his vicious Life till he committed the Robbery at Bristol, for which he was condemned and executed there on Friday, April 24, 1752. Together with Religious and moral Reflections upon the most remarkable Passages of his Life, and an Account of his Conversion, the Sunday before his Trial: The whole delivered by him to the Sheriff at the Place of Execution, and published at his own Request.
Date: 1752
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The Case of the unfortunate Bosavern Penlez
Date: [1749]
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Execution of Maclean , commonly known by the name of The Gentleman Highwayman.
Date: [1795?]