The confessions, lives, and behaviour, of Andrew Burns, & John Hill, alias Patrick Farrell, who was executed at Stafford, on Saturday the 14th of April, 1798, for robbing Mr. Wm. Duey, on the King’s Highway near Newcastle

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Description

Title
The confessions, lives, and behaviour, of Andrew Burns, & John Hill, alias Patrick Farrell, who was executed at Stafford, on Saturday the 14th of April, 1798, for robbing Mr. Wm. Duey, on the King’s Highway near Newcastle
Published / Created
[1798]
Publication Place
England
Publisher
publisher not identified
Description
Caption title.
Text printed in two columns; woodcut illustration at head of sheet.
Account of that ‘exemplary punishment’ of death laid down on Andrew Burns and John Hill for robbery and assault on the highway.
Not in English short title catalogue.
For further information, consult library staff.
Provenance
Jarndyce; April 2025.
Extent
1 sheet ([1] page) : 33 x 20 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
File 523 B967 798

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Woodcuts
Brit tracts
Material
1 woodcut ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
text
still image
Subject (Geographic)
England.
Subject (Name)
Burns, Andrew (Weaver), -1798.
Hill, John, -1798.
Stafford Gaol.
Subject (Topic)
Criminals
Robbery
Executions and executioners
Hangings (Executions)
Carts & wagons
Subjects
Burns, Andrew (Weaver), -1798
Hill, John, -1798
Stafford Gaol
Criminals > England
Robbery > England
Executions and executioners > England
Hangings (Executions)
Carts & wagons
Brit tracts > 1798

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public

Identifiers

Catalog Record
17664586
Object ID (OID)
33329033

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