Search

You Searched For

Search Results

1.
A true and particular account of the trial and execution of James O'Neil, : who was hanged on

Published / Created:
[1816]
Call Number:
File 523 T866 816
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
text
Description:
Caption title., Printed in two columns., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Marshall, printer
Subject (Geographic):
England, Newcastle upon Tyne, and Newcastle upon Tyne.
Subject (Name):
O'Neil, James, -1816
Subject (Topic):
Trials, litigation, etc, Trials (Attempted murder), Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, Brigands and robbers, and Trials
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > A true and particular account of the trial and execution of James O'Neil, : who was hanged on Newcastle Town Moor on Saturday the 7th. of September, 1816, for highway robbery, and an attempt to murder

2.
James Macleane, the gentleman highwayman at the bar

Published / Created:
publish'd according to Act of Parliament Sept 29, 1750.
Call Number:
750.09.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
"A broadside on the trial of the robber James Maclaine; with an etching showing the interior of a court room, the judges seated on the left, Maclaine standing on the right, in the middle background a lady standing, giving evidence in his favour; and with engraved title and letterpress text giving an account of the trial in three columns."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and imprint from engraved text below image at top of sheet., Among Maclaine's other crimes is the robbing of the Salisbury Coach at Turnham Green on 26 June 1750, when he was disguised using a Venetian mask. In 1749 he robbed a coach in which Horace Walpole was a passenger; he took Walpole's watch in this incident which is mentioned in the final paragraph., and Watermark in center of sheet: Fleur-de lis.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Fox in the Old Baily
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Maclaine, James, 1724-1750, and Maclaine, James, 1724-1750
Subject (Topic):
Brigands and robbers, Trials (Robbery), Courtrooms, Criminals, Judicial proceedings, and Broadsides
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > James Macleane, the gentleman highwayman at the bar