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THE
CHRONICLES OF CRIME.
CHRONICLES OF CRIME
Edited by Camden Pelham
OF THE INNER TEMPLE BARRISTER-AT LAW with ILLUSTRATIONS FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY PHIZ
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. I.
LONDON: T. MILES & CO., 95, UPPER STREET. 1887.