The Newgate Calendar: Comprising Interesting Memoirs of the Most Notorious Characters who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England Since the Commencement of the Eighteenth Century : with Occasional Anecdotes and Observations, Speeches, Confessions, and the Last Exclamations of SuffersJ. Robins and Company, 1824 - Crime |
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... received sentence of death . After condemnation , and a short time before the day of execution , Dromelius assured the Ordinary of Newgate that the murder was com- mitted by himself , and that it was preceded and followed by these ...
... received sentence of death . After condemnation , and a short time before the day of execution , Dromelius assured the Ordinary of Newgate that the murder was com- mitted by himself , and that it was preceded and followed by these ...
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... receive cash for a bill of twenty pounds , which he had stolen from his master's ... received this answer , he went to his lodgings , where he dined , and then ... sentence of death , his behaviour was remarka- bly contrite and penitent ...
... receive cash for a bill of twenty pounds , which he had stolen from his master's ... received this answer , he went to his lodgings , where he dined , and then ... sentence of death , his behaviour was remarka- bly contrite and penitent ...
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... receive the money for the note , she was taken into custody , and lodged in prison ; and , being in a short time tried at the Old Bailey , she was convicted , received sentence of death , and was executed at Tyburn , on the 16th of June ...
... receive the money for the note , she was taken into custody , and lodged in prison ; and , being in a short time tried at the Old Bailey , she was convicted , received sentence of death , and was executed at Tyburn , on the 16th of June ...
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... received sentence of death . After conviction he solemnly denied the crime for which he had been condemned , declaring that he had no sword in his hand on the day the constable was killed , and was not in company with those who killed ...
... received sentence of death . After conviction he solemnly denied the crime for which he had been condemned , declaring that he had no sword in his hand on the day the constable was killed , and was not in company with those who killed ...
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... sentence of the law . May the fate of this malefactor have its proper effect , in teaching youth to refrain from ... received a religious education ; and , when he arrived at years of maturity , left his own coun- try , on account of the ...
... sentence of the law . May the fate of this malefactor have its proper effect , in teaching youth to refrain from ... received a religious education ; and , when he arrived at years of maturity , left his own coun- try , on account of the ...
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Page 57 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Page 31 - Who can find a virtuous woman? For her price is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar.
Page 229 - Be it enacted, by the authority aforesaid, that wherever any person taketh money or reward, directly or indirectly, under pretence or upon account of helping any person or persons to any stolen goods or chattels, every such person so taking money or reward as aforesaid (unless such person...
Page 429 - twas moulder'd into dust, " Yet, yet," she cried, " I follow thee. " My death, my death alone can show The pure, the lasting love I bore ; Accept, O Heaven ! of woes like ours. And let us, let us weep no more.
Page 136 - My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding : that thou mayest regard discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Page 70 - Tower from whence you came : from thence you must be drawn to the place of execution : when you come there, you must be hanged by the neck, but not till you are dead ; for you must be cut down alive ; then your bowels must be taken out and burnt before your faces ; then your heads must be severed from your bodies ; and your bodies must be divided each into four quarters ; and these must be at the king's disposal. And God Almighty be merciful to your souls.
Page 136 - For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: but her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell.
Page 57 - ... rise, from a supposition that the prisoners were debtors, a constable was directed to carry the bloody sword before them, in testimony that murder had been committed, which produced the wished-for effect by keeping perfect peace. The prisoners begged to send for counsel; which being granted, Noble was committed for trial, after an examination of two hours ; but the...
Page 127 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 226 - That he had under his care and direction several warehouses for receiving and concealing stolen goods ; and also a ship for carrying off jewels, watches and other valuable goods to Holland, where he had a superannuated thief for his factor.