A Genuine account of the life, robberies, trial and execution of William Hawke, call'd the flying highwayman, who was executed at Tyburn, July the first, 1774
Subtitle: containing his birth and education, his numerous robberries, both as a footpad, and on the highway, his generosity to persons in distress, his flight to France, with his character of that country and people, his transportation to America, and quick return, his escape out of Tothill-fields Bridewell, his battle with Captain Cunningham and Mr. Hart, the manner of his apprehension, with his desperate resistance, his behaviour to his friends, and particular regard to his wife, his behaviour under sentence of death in Newgate, &c
Series: Making of modern law
Publisher: [s.n.]
Published: 1774
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 32
Subjects: Trials (Robbery); Early works to 1800; Brigands and robbers; Criminals
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