The life, travels, exploits, frauds and robberies of Charles Speckman, alias Brown, who was executed at Tyburn on Wednesday 23d of November, 1763Speckman, Charles
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The life, travels, exploits, frauds and robberies of Charles Speckman, alias Brown, who was executed at Tyburn on Wednesday 23d of November, 1763
Speckman, Charles
Criminals -- England -- Biography; Speckman, Charles, -1763
Thinking it would not be so well to continue in Kingston, I left
Mrs. Pembruge, and went towards Black-river, and Savannah la Mar,
where I hired a horse, and proceeded to Montague-bay: there I met
with a sister, who I had not seen before for twelve years. I soon got
acquaintance in the neighbourhood, and especially with a daughter
of colonel Savory’s; I was determined to settle here, and live in
an honest way; all her family greatly caressed and loved me, and I
found that I had no small interest with her friends; I found myself
absolute master of the young lady’s heart, my happiness was compleat.
In a short time we were married; four days before, she made me a
present of one hundred pounds in cash, to get necessaries: the day
we were married, all the negroes came to wish me joy, and hoped
I would make them a good master; the sight of them in a state of
slavery, affected me very much; I wished to have made presents to
them all, and wished myself on an immediate voyage for London, I had
not enjoyed the married-state long, till my wife was taken very ill,
and soon after died; she was a very worthy woman, and her departure
a great loss to me. It immediately unhinged the tranquillity of my
mind, so that I determined to sell all off, and return to Kingston,
and to my old practices again.
Where being arrived, I enquired for and soon found out Mrs. Pembruge,
and entirely forgot my deceased wife: we lived together as usual,
but money falling short, I fell into the immediate exercise of my
old pranks. I bought up a great quantity of flour, getting as long
credit as I could, but sold it all again directly for ready money.
In like manner I got linnen and other things from different stores,
and sold them as I had done the flour. One man I run pretty deeply
in debt with, and promised him a good horse in part of payment; to
accomplish this, I next morning hired a wherry to carry me to Passage
Fort, where I hired a horse for Spanish-town, but instead of going
there, returned to Kingston, and sold the horse to my merchant, and
received some money in pocket. I confined myself during the remainder
of my stay to my lodgings, being afraid to go out, my safety prompted
me so to do, fearing the being detected, Kingston being but a small
city, and not very populous; before I left the island I buried Mrs.
Pembruge, and then bid adieu to Jamaica for ever.
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