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Lives of the Most Remarkable Criminals

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  1. 1Introduction
  2. 2The Preface
  3. 3The Life of Jane Griffin, who was Executed for the Murder of her Ma…
  4. 4The Life of William Barton, a Highwayman
  5. 5Robert Perkins, Thief
  6. 6Barbara Spencer, Coiner, etc
  7. 7Walter Kennedy, a Pirate
  8. 8The Life of Matthew Clark, a Footpad and Murderer
  9. 9The Life of John Winship, Highwayman and Footpad
  10. 10The Life of John Meff, alias Merth, a Housebreaker and a Highwayman
  11. 11The Life of John Wigley, a Highwayman
  12. 12The Life of William Casey, a Robber
  13. 13The Life of John Dykes, a Thief and Highwayman
  14. 14The Life of Richard James, a Highwayman
  15. 15The Life of James Wright, a Highwayman
  16. 16The Life of Nathaniel Hawes, a Thief and a Robber
  17. 17The Life of John Jones, a Pickpocket
  18. 18The Life of John Smith, a Murderer
  19. 19The Life of James Shaw, alias Smith, a Highwayman and Murderer
  20. 20The Life of William Colthouse, a Thief and Highwayman
  21. 21The Life of William Burridge, a Highwayman
  22. 22The Life of John Thomson, a thief, Highwayman, etc
  23. 23The Life of Thomas Reeves, a Notorious Highwayman and Footpad
  24. 24The Life of Richard Whittingham, a Footpad and Street robber
  25. 25The Life of James Booty, a Ravisher
  26. 26The Life of Thomas Butlock, alias Butloge, a Thief
  27. 27The Life of Nathaniel Jackson, a Highwayman
  28. 28The Life of James, alias Valentine Carrick, a Notorious Highwayman…
  29. 29The Life of John Molony, a Highwayman and Street Robber
  30. 30The Life of Thomas Wilson, a Notorious Footpad
  31. 31The Lives of Robert Wilkinson and James Lincoln, Murderers and Foot…
  32. 32The Life of Matthias Brinsden, a Murderer
  33. 33The Life of Edmund Neal, a Footpad
  34. 34The Life of Charles Weaver, a Murderer
  35. 35The Life of John Levee, a Highwayman, Footpad, etc
  36. 36The Lives of Richard Oakey and Matthew Flood, Street-Robbers and Fo…
  37. 37The Life of William Burk, a Footpad and Highwayman
  38. 38The Life of Luke Nunney, a murderer
  39. 39The Life of Richard Trantham, a Housebreaker
  40. 40The Lives of John Tyrrell, a Horse-dealer, and William Hawksworth,…
  41. 41The Life of William Duce, a Notorious Highwayman and Footpad
  42. 42The Life of James Butler, a Most notorious Highwayman, Footpad, etc
  43. 43The Life of Captain John Massey, who died for Piracy
  44. 44The Life of Philip Roche, a Pirate, etc
  45. 45The Life of Humphry Angier, a Highwayman and Footpad
  46. 46The Life of Captain Stanley, a Murderer
  47. 47The Life of Stephen Gardiner, a Highwayman and Housebreaker
  48. 48The Lives of Samuel Ogden, John Pugh, William Frost, Richard Woodma…
  49. 49The Life of Thomas Burden, a Robber
  50. 50The Life of Frederick Schmidt, Alterer of Bank-Notes
  51. 51The Life of Peter Curtis, a Housebreaker, etc
  52. 52The Life of Lumley Davis, a Highwayman
  53. 53The Life of James Harman, Highwayman
  54. 54The Life of John Lewis, alias Laurence, a Thief, Highwayman, etc
  55. 55The Life of Julian, a Black Boy and Incendiary
  56. 56The Life of Abraham Deval, a Lottery Ticket Forger
  57. 57The Life of Joseph Blake, alias Blueskin, a Footpad and Highwayman
  58. 58The Life of the Famous John Shepherd, Footpad, Housebreaker and Pri…
  59. 59The Life of Lewis Houssart, the French Barber, a Murderer
  60. 60The Life of Charles Towers, a Minter in Wapping
  61. 61The Life of Thomas Anderson, a Scotch Thief
  62. 62The Life of Joseph Picken, a Highwayman
  63. 63The Life of Thomas Packer, a Highwayman
  64. 64The Life of Thomas Bradley, a Street-Robber
  65. 65The Life of William Lipsat, a Thief
  66. 66The Life of John Hewlet, a Murderer
  67. 67The Lives of James Cammel and William Marshal, Thieves and Footpads
  68. 68The Life of John Guy, a Deer-stealer
  69. 69The Life of Vincent Davis, a Murderer
  70. 70The Life of Mary Hanson, a Murderer
  71. 71The Life of Bryan Smith, a Threatening Letter Writer
  72. 72The Life of Joseph Ward, a Footpad
  73. 73The Life of James White, a Thief
  74. 74The Life of Joseph Middleton, Housebreaker and Thief
  75. 75The Life of John Price, a Housebreaker
  76. 76The Preface
  77. 77The Life of William Sperry, Footpad and Highwayman
  78. 78The Life of Robert Harpham, a Coiner
  79. 79The Life of the famous Jonathan Wild, Thief-Taker
  80. 80The Life of John Little, a Housebreaker and Thief
  81. 81The Life of John Price, a Housebreaker and Thief
  82. 82The Life of Foster Snow, a Murderer
  83. 83The Life of John Whalebone, alias Welbone, a Thief, etc
  84. 84The Life of James Little, a Footpad and Highwayman
  85. 85The Life of John Hamp, Footpad and Highwayman
  86. 86The Lives of John Austin, a Footpad, John Foster, a Housebreaker, a…
  87. 87The Life of Francis Bailey, a notorious Highwayman
  88. 88The Life of John Barton, a Robber, Highwayman and Housebreaker
  89. 89The Life of William Swift, a Thief, etc
  90. 90The Life of John Gillingham, an Highwayman and Footpad, etc
  91. 91The Life of John Cotterell, a Thief, etc
  92. 92The Life of Catherine Hayes, a bloody and inhuman Murderess, etc
  93. 93The Life of Thomas Billings, a Murderer
  94. 94Life of Thomas Wood, a Murderer
  95. 95The Life of Captain Jaen, a Murderer
  96. 96The Life of William Bourn, a Notorious Thief
  97. 97The Life of John Murrel, a Horse-Stealer
  98. 98The Life of William Hollis, a Thief and an Housebreaker
  99. 99The Life of Thomas Smith, a Highwayman
  100. 100The Life of Edward Reynolds, a Thief, etc
  101. 101The Life of John Claxton, alias Johnston, a Thief, etc
  102. 102The Life of Mary Standford, a Pickpocket and Thief
  103. 103The Life of John Cartwright, a Thief
  104. 104The Life of Frances, alias Mary Blacket, a Highwaywoman
  105. 105The Life of Jane Holmes, alias Barret, alias Frazer, a Shoplifter
  106. 106The Life of Katherine Fitzpatrick, alias Green, alias Boswell, a no…
  107. 107The Life of Mary Robinson, a Shoplift
  108. 108The Life of Jane Martin, alias Lloyd, a Cheat and a Thief, etc
  109. 109The Life of Timothy Benson, a Highwayman
  110. 110The Life of Joseph Shrewsberry, alias Smith, a Robber, etc
  111. 111The Life of Anthony Drury, a Highwayman
  112. 112The Life of William Miller, a Highwayman, etc
  113. 113The Life of Robert Haynes, a Murderer, etc
  114. 114The Lives of Thomas Timms, Thomas Perry, and Edward Brown, Footpads
  115. 115The Life of Alice Green, a Cheat, Thief and Housebreaker
  116. 116The Life of Joshua Cornwall, a Thief and Housebreaker
  117. 117The Life of John Turner, alias Civil John, a Highwayman
  118. 118The Life of John Johnson, a Coiner
  119. 119The Lives of James Sherwood, George Weedon and John Hughs, Street R…
  120. 120The Life of Martin Bellamy, a Notorious Thief, Highwayman and House…
  121. 121The Lives of William Russell, Robert Crouch and William Holden, Str…
  122. 122The Lives of Richard Hughs and Bryan Macguire, Highwaymen and Footpads
  123. 123The Life of James How, alias Harris, a notorious Highwayman and Thief
  124. 124The Lives of Griffith Owen, Samuel Harris, and Thomas Medline, High…
  125. 125The Lives of Peter Levee, John Featherby, Stephen Burnet, alias BAR…
  126. 126The Life of Thomas Neeves, Street-Robber and Thief
  127. 127The Lives of Henry Gahogan and Robert Blake, Coiners
  128. 128The Life of Peter Kelley, alias OWEN, alias Nisbet, a Murderer
  129. 129The Lives of William Marple and Timothy Cotton, Highwaymen
  130. 130The Life of Jepthah Bigg, an Incendiary, and Writer of Threatening…
  131. 131The Life of Thomas James Grundy, a Housebreaker
  132. 132The Life of Joseph Kemp, a Housebreaker
  133. 133The Life of Benjamin Wileman, a Highwayman
  134. 134The Life of James Cluff, a Murderer, in which is contained a concis…
  135. 135The Life of John Dyer, a most notorious thief, highwayman and house…
  136. 136The Lives of William Rogers, a Thief; William Simpson, a Horse-deal…
  137. 137The Life of James Drummond
  138. 138The Lives of William Caustin and Geoffrey Younger, Footpads
  139. 139The Lives of Henry Knowland and Thomas Westwood, Footpads
  140. 140The Life of John Everett, a Highwayman
  141. 141The Lives of Robert Drummond, a Highwayman and Ferdinando Shrimpton…
  142. 142The Life of William Newcomb, a housebreaker
  143. 143The Life of Stephen Dowdale, a Thief
  144. 144The Life of Abraham Israel, a Jew
  145. 145The Life of Ebenezer Ellison, a Notorious Irish Thief
  146. 146The Life of James Dalton, a Thief
  147. 147The Life of Hugh Houghton, alias Awton, alias Norton, who robbed th…
  148. 148The Life of John Doyle, a Highwayman
  149. 149The Life of John Young, a Highwayman
  150. 150The Life of Thomas Polson, alias Hitchin, a Footpad and Highwayman
  151. 151The Life of Samuel Armstrong, a Housebreaker
  152. 152The Life of Nicholas Gilburn, a Most Notorious Highwayman
  153. 153The Lives of James O'Bryan, Hugh Morris and Robert Johnson, Highway…
  154. 154The History of the Life and surprising adventures of John Gow, alia…
  155. 155Appendix
  156. 156An Account of the Conviction and Execution of Mr. Walker, and MARK…
  157. 157The Life of Jacques Perrier, a French Robber and Murderer
  158. 158The Lives of Abraham White, Francis Sanders, John Mines, alias MINS…
  159. 159Index

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