The last speeches, dying words, and confessions of James Chambers and William Collins , who were executed on the Town-Moor, near Newcastle upon Tyne, on Friday the 27th of August, 1784, for robbing Mr Jasper Anderson, on the Highway.

The repentant sighs of James Chambers and William Collins , the two unfortunate malefactors now under sentence of death in Newgate, at Newcastle upon Tyne; for the robbery of Jasper Anderson, ..

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Collins, William, d. 1784.

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The last speeches, dying words, and confessions of James Chambers and William Collins , who were executed on the Town-Moor, near Newcastle upon Tyne, on Friday the 27th of August, 1784, for robbing Mr Jasper Anderson, on the Highway.

The repentant sighs of James Chambers and William Collins , the two unfortunate malefactors now under sentence of death in Newgate, at Newcastle upon Tyne; for the robbery of Jasper Anderson, ..