Newgate's garland  being a new ballad, shewing How Mr. Jonathan Wild's Throat was cut, from Ear to Ear, with a Penknife by Mr. Blake, alias Blueskin, the bold Highwayman, as he stood at his Trial at the Old-Bailey.

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Ballads, English - 18th century - Early works to 1800

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Newgate's garland being a new ballad, shewing How Mr. Jonathan Wild's Throat was cut, from Ear to Ear, with a Penknife by Mr. Blake, alias Blueskin, the bold Highwayman, as he stood at his Trial at the Old-Bailey.