Criminal chronology; or, the new Newgate calendar; being interesting memoirs of notorious characters, who have been convicted of outrages on the laws of England, during the seventeenth century, and brought down to the present time, and chronologically arranged. Comprising traitors, murderers, incendiaries, ravishers ... and containing a number of interesting cases never before published : with occasional essays on crimes and punishments, original anecdotes, and observations on particular cases; explanations of the criminal laws; the speeches, confessions and last exclamations of sufferers. To which is added, a correct account of the various modes of punishment of criminals in different parts of the world / by Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin, ... In four volumes ...
By: Knapp, Andrew
.Contributor(s): Baldwin, William.Publisher: London : Printed for Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, Liverpool, 1811Description: 4 v.Subject(s): Newgate prison, London | Law -- History | Crime and criminals -- Great Britain | Punishment -- Great Britain | Trials -- Great Britain
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference material | House of Lords Library - Palace Truro Corridor, First Floor | Truro | KNA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for loan | 30214-1001 |
Vol. 1 has 1811 as date of imprint, vols. 3-4 have 1810, vol. 2 has 1809.
Includes portrait plates.