Gwinett, Ambrose
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The life, strange voyages, and uncommon adventures of Ambrose Gwinett , formerly known to the public by the lame beggar ..
Bickerstaff, Isaac 1735-1812.Date: 1800- E-books
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The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett , apprentice to an attorney at law, who for a murder which he never committed, was tried, condemned, executed, and hung in chains, in old England; yet lived many years afterwards, and in his travels found the man in the West-Indies, actually alive, for the supposed murder of whom he had been really executed. Demonstratively proving, that condemnations upon circumstantial evidence are injurious to innocence, incompatible with justice, and therefore ought always to be discountenanced, especially in cases of life an death[.].
Bickerstaff, Isaac 1735-1812.Date: 1800- E-books
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The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett , well known to the public, as the lame beggar-man, ..
Bickerstaff, Isaac 1735-1812.Date: 1770- E-books
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The life, strange voyages, and uncommon adventures of Ambrose Gwinett . Formerly known to the public as the lame beggar: who, for a long Time swept the Way at the Mew's-Gate, Charing-Cross. Containing An Account of his being convicted and hanged in Chains, at Deal, in Kent, for the supposed Murder of Mr. Collins: his surprizing Recovery after being executed: his Voyage to the West-Indies, his being taken by the Spaniards, where he meets the identioal Collins whom he was supposed to have murdered: the Accident that threw Mr. Gwinett into the Hands of Pirates: his extraordinary Adventures with them, and being betaken by the Spaniards, and by them condemned to the Gallies: his being taken and made a Slave of by the Algerines, and after suffering many Hardships, his Return to England.
Bickerstaff, Isaac 1735-1812.Date: 1771- E-books
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The life, strange voyages, and uncommon adventures of Ambrose Gwinett , formerly known to the public as the lame beggar, who for a long Time swept the Way at the Mews Gate, Charing Cross, Containing An Account of his being convicted and hanged in Chains, at Deal, in Kent, for the supposed Murder of Mr. Collins, and his surprising Recovery after being executed. His Voyage to the West Indies-His being taken by the Spaniards, where he meets the identical Collins whom he was supposed to have murdered-the Accident that threw Mr. Gwinett into the Hands of Pirates-His extraordinary Adventures with them, and being re-taken by the Spaniards, and by them condemned to the Gallies-His being taken and made a Slave of by the Algerines, and, after suffering many Hardships, his Return to England.
Bickerstaff, Isaac 1735-1812.Date: 1790