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A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is Prefix'd, A true Representation of his Escape from the Condemn'd Hold, curiously engraven on a Copper Plate. The whole Publish'd at the particular Request of the Prisoner.
Date: [1724]- Books
Murder, mayhem and music hall : the dark side of Victorian London / Barry Anthony.
Anthony, BarryDate: 2014- E-books
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Villainy unmask'd cont i ning [sic] I. An ample discovery of the many surprizing tricks, ... now practised by rogues ... II. A detection of the mischiefs arising from the vast numbers of pettifoggers, bailiffs, ... by whose oppression multitudes of our able artists, usefu manufacturers, &c. croud the various goals [sic] ... III. Heads of a law little differing from those ... of the city of London, for putting an effectual stop to the enormous crimes and abuses committed by the above wretches. ... IV. A scheme, proposing work-houses and hospitals, ... By a lover of his country.
Lover of his countryDate: 1752- E-books
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A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the Castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself.
Date: [1724]- E-books
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A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c. of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is added, a true representation of his escape from the condemn'd hold, curiously engraven on a Copper Plate. The whole Publish'd at the particular Request of the Prisoner.
Date: [1724]- E-books
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The regulator or, a discovery of the Thieves, Thief-Takers, and Locks, alias receivers of stolen goods in and about the city of London. With the thief-takers proclamation. Also An Account of all the Flash Words now in Vogue amongst the Thieves; with an Explanation of each Word. With an exact List of the Corvicts Names that was Condemn'd in the Year 1717. that now lies in Newgate to Plead to his Majesty's Transportation Pardon. By a prisoner in Newgate.
Hitchin, CharlesDate: [1718]- Books
London lives : poverty, crime and the making of a modern city, 1690-1800 / Tim Hitchcock and Robert Shoemaker.
Tim HitchcockDate: 2015- E-books
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A narrative of all the robberies, escapes, &c of John Sheppard giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is added, A true Representation of his Escape from the Condemn'd Hold, curiously engraven on a Copper Plate. The whole Publish'd at the particular Request of the Prisoner.
Date: 1724- E-books
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Sketch of a plan to prevent crimes. By John Donaldson, Esq
Donaldson, John, fl. 1790-1795.Date: 1792- E-books
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A narrative of all the robberies , Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard: giving an exact description of the manner of his wonderful escape from the Castle in Newgate, and of the Methods he took afterward for his Security. Written by himself during his Confinement in the Middle Stone-Room, after his being retaken in Drury-Lane. To which is prefix'd, a true representation of his escape from the Condemn'd Hold, curiously engraven on a copper plate. The whole Publish'd at the particular Request of the Prisoner.
Date: [1724]- E-books
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A treatise on the police of London containing a detail of the various crimes and misdemeanors by which public and private property and security are, at present, injured and endangered: and suggesting remedies for their prevention. By a magistrate acting for the counties of Middlesex, Surry, Kent, and Essex. --For the City and Liberty of Westminster --and for the Liberty of the Tower of London. [Five lines of Latin quotation].
Colquhoun, Patrick, 1745-1820.Date: MDCCXCVIII. [1798]