The sorrowful lamentation and last farewell to the world, of the four unfortunate young men who are ordered for execution on Friday next, at Newgate
Publisher: Pitts, Printer, wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, Great St. Andrew Street. 7 Dials,.
Published: 1828
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Subjects: Crime; Poetry; Prisoners; Repentance; Trials (Burglary); Trials (Forgery); Trials (Robbery); Warnings
Notes: Date of imprint from Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, January 11, 2008), May 1828 trial of James Anderson, Mary Young, and George Morris (t18280529-54)

William Rice was executed at Newgate July 4, 1828 -- Capital Punishment UK site via WWW, viewed January 11, 2008.

Account of the crimes of six men and one woman convicted at the Old Bailey sessions. The four facing execution: John Montgomery, for forgery, William Rice for burglary, and James Anderson and George Morris for highway robbery. With two columns of verse lamentation.

Verses begins : Locked in a dark and lonesome cell.

Wood engraving (7.5 x 12.5 cm.) : Farewell scene in prison cell with eight figures.

Wood engraving has border of type ornament.

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Dying Speeches I, 38.