The life of William Hawke , the celebrated highwayman, now under sentence of death in Newgate: containing an account of all the remarkable robberies he committed before and since his Return from Transportation, with the manner in which he was apprehended, and his behaviour since conviction. To which is added, The swindler's chronicle: containing a full account of the frauds and Forgeries committed by Thomas Watkinson, Who died in Newgate the 14th of May last; with a Description of the most remarkable Swindlers Who now infest this Metropolis.
- Hawke, William d. 1774.
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- 1774
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Life of William Hawke (Online)
The life of William Hawke, the celebrated highwayman, now under sentence of death in Newgate: containing an account of all the remarkable robberies he committed before and since his Return from Transportation, with the manner in which he was apprehended, and his behaviour since conviction. To which is added, The swindler's chronicle: containing a full account of the frauds and Forgeries committed
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London : sold by J. Swan, opposite Norfolk-Street, in the Strand ; J. Axtell, No. 2, Well-Yard, Little-Britain ; at the pamphlet shops, at the Royal Exchange; and by all the booksellers and news-carriers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1774
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