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The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2: being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841 — John Shaqi

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The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2: being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841

Name: The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2: being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841
Author: Pelham, Camden

Pelham, Camden

Crime -- Great Britain; Criminals -- Great Britain; Newgate (Prison : London, England)

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  [Every attempt has been made to replicate the original as printed.
Some typographical errors have been corrected; a list follows the text.
                     (note of etext transcriber.)]

                                  THE

                         CHRONICLES OF CRIME.

                   [Illustration: _Trial by Battle_]

                                  THE
                         CHRONICLES OF CRIME;

                                  OR,

                       The New Newgate Calendar.

                                 BEING

                   A SERIES OF MEMOIRS AND ANECDOTES

                                  OF

                         NOTORIOUS CHARACTERS

     WHO HAVE OUTRAGED THE LAWS OF GREAT BRITAIN FROM THE EARLIEST
                            PERIOD TO 1841.

                              COMPRISING

                               COINERS.
                             EXTORTIONERS.
                               FORGERS.
                         FRAUDULENT BANKRUPTS.
                               FOOTPADS.
                              HIGHWAYMEN.
                            HOUSEBREAKERS.
                             INCENDIARIES.
                              IMPOSTORS.
                              MURDERERS.
                              MUTINEERS.
                            MONEY-DROPPERS.
                               PIRATES.
                             PICKPOCKETS.
                               RIOTERS.
                               SHARPERS.
                               TRAITORS.
                               &c., &c.

                               INCLUDING

           A NUMBER OF CURIOUS CASES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED.

                EMBELLISHED WITH FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS,
                   FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY "PHIZ."

                        BY CAMDEN PELHAM, ESQ.,

                OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW.

                               VOL. II.

                                LONDON:
                   T. MILES & CO., 95, UPPER STREET.
                                 1891.

CONTENTS.

NOTE.--_The offence mentioned opposite to each name is that alleged
against the person charged._

                                                                    PAGE

ABRAHAMS, Alice. "The Gold Dust Robbery",                            480

AGRICULTURAL RIOTS,                                                  213

ANDERSON, John, _alias_ Beveridge. Piracy,                           228

BALLS, Robert. Forgery,                                              404

BANKS, William. Burglary,                                            201

BARNETT, Edward. Murder,                                             185

BARTLETT, Charles Samuel. Murder,                                    453

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The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2: being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841

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