Halifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light
Subtitle: together with a description of the town, the nature of the soil, the temper and disposition of the people, the antiquity of its customary law, and the reasonableness thereof ; with an account of the gentry, and other eminent persons born and inhabiting within the said town, and the liberties thereof ; with many other matters and things of great remark never before publish'd ; to which are added the tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his grand antagonists
Contributors: Bentley, William
Publisher: Printed by P. Darby for J. Bentley
Published: 1761
Place of publication: Halifax
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Subjects: Criminal law; Capital punishment
Other titles: Hist. of Halif.
Notes: Written by Dr. Samuel Midgely and first published in 1708 with additions by William Bentley, who signed the dedication.--cf. Turner, J.H. Halifax books.

"Revenge upon Revenge : or, an historical narrative of the tragical practices of Sir John Eland, of Eland ... " (p. [59]-95) has special t.p.