A faithful narrative of the most wicked and inhuman transactions of that bloody-minded gang of thief-takers alias thief-makers, Macdaniel, Berry, Salmon, Eagan, alias Gahagan
Subtitle: with a curious print of Macdaniel as also of that notorious accomplice of theirs, Mary Jones, and others : shewing the diabolical arts by them practised to get innocent persons convicted for robberies and to share amongst themselves the rewards paid for such convictions : by what stroke of providence it was that the compiler of this narrative became acquainted with this mystery of iniquity : the unwearied diligence by him made use of to get to the bottom of it, the manner of his counter-acting those worst of villains
By: by Joseph Cox
Series: Making of modern law
Publisher: Printed for Joseph Cox and sold by M. Mechell
Published: 1756
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 110
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Trials (Robbery); Brigands and robbers
Notes: "The informations the author of this narrative received relative to the affair of Kidden, who was falsly accused, convicted, and executed, Feb. 4, 1754 : his searching this, at that time clouded villany, to its very source, the means made use of to bring the principal actress in this most horrid scene, Mary Jones, to justice, her commitment, &c. for the murder of Joshua Kidden."

"The whole being interspersed with divers other, accounts of a similar nature, and which cannot but astonish every one who considers them."

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