The sorrowful lamentation of John Oliffe and John Sparrow, who are now lying under sentence of death at Gloucester
Subtitle: Oliffe for horse-stealing, at Bisley, and Sparrow for sheep-stealing, at Quedgeley; with the copy of a letter, sent by Oliffe to his mother
Publisher: M. Shephard, printer, 6 Broad Weir, Bristol.
Published: 1826
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Subjects: Trials, litigation; Warnings; Poetry
Notes: Copy of letter from Oliffe dated April 9, 1826.

With two columns of verse.

Verses begin: From prison's dreadful walls these lines.

Wood engraving (8 x 12 cm) : Prison cell scene.

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John Oliffe and John Sparrow were executed at Gloucester, April 15, 1826.