criminals great britain (7 resultados)

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. The Fates of 24 Criminals in Staffordshire [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. Leek Division of the County of Stafford. List of Cases To Be Heard At The Court House [Leek] on the [6th] Day of [Nov.] 187[2]. Leek, Staffordshire, 1872. 16-1/2" x 13" part-printed broadside completed in manuscript. Light toning, horizontal and vertical fold lines, negligible light foxing, two small holes along main horizontal fold with no loss to text. $350. * List of twenty-four criminal cases held at the Leek Petty Sessions Court, Staffordshire. Each entry lists the complainant of the case, the defendant, the offence and the fine, with spaces for costs, constables' proportion, prior convictions and other remarks. Listed offenses range from bastardy to causing obstruction to riding on a railway without a ticket, with many citations for "drunk & riotous" conduct (four from the same complainant). An interesting look at day-to-day justice of the period.

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. no copies OCLC or COPAC Ilustrador. no copies OCLC or COPAC. The Fates of 118 Prisoners in Bridgwater, Somerset on June 29, 1835 [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners for the Midsummer Sessions, To be Holden at the Town of Bridgwater, On Monday, The 29th Day of June, 1835. [drop head title]. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1835]. [16] pp. Quarto (12-3/4" x 10"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in self wrappers. Moderate soiling and edgewear, some splitting at spine ends, faint dampstaining, faint vertical crease through center, moderate toning and light foxing to interior, early owner signature to head of p. [1]. $500. * A list of 118 prisoners. Along with the charge, each entry includes the prisoner's age, trade, date of warrant, jurisdiction and the person "by whom committed." Not listed on OCLC or COPAC.

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Stourbridge, Warwickshire, England, c.1811 Ilustrador. Stourbridge, Warwickshire, England, c.1811. Leading Citizens of a Midland Town Establish a Fund to Fight Crime [Manuscript]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. List Of Subscribers To The Association Established in the Town And Neighbourhood Of Stourbridge For The Prosecution Of Felons. [Stourbridge, Warwickshire, England, c.1811]. 15-3/4" x 12-1/2" sheet, written on both sides, with a watermark reading 1811, faint vertical rules, content in neat calligraphic hand in three columns below headline, additional single column of content to verso. Moderate toning, vertical and horizontal fold lines, light soiling at corners, light wear, a few chips and short tears to edges, early repairs to fold lines on verso. $650. * Associations for the prosecution of felons were established throughout Great Britain before the creation of professional municipal police forces. The earliest date to the mid-eighteenth century; there were around 500 by 1840. A form of insurance, these associations covered the costs associated with investigating crimes, paying rewards and bringing criminals to justice. Over 130 individuals and businesses joined this association in Stourbridge, a market town near Birmingham, and pledged amounts ranging from ?10 to ?105. The list shows their first and second installments. Among those are Lord Lyttleton, probably William Henry Lyttleton, 3rd Baron Lyttleton [1782-1837] and Reverend Joseph Taylor, who became minister of the local church in 1808. Several of the subscriber names can be found in The Commercial Directory (for 1818, 1819, 1820, accessed online), including Francis Rufford & Sons, manufacturer of fire bricks, Sergeant Hornblower, iron master, Thomas Wheeley, glass manufacturer, and Henry Jervis, toolmaker.

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1833]. Ilustrador. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1833]. The Fates of 79 Prisoners in Taunton, Somerset on October 14, 1833 [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners for the Michaelmas Season, To be Holden at the Castle, Taunton, On Monday, The 14th Day of October, 1833. [drop head title]. Yeoville: Porter, Printer, [1833]. [12] pp. Quarto (12-1/2" x 9-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet in plain wrappers. Light soiling and a few minor stains, moderate rubbing and a few minor chips to edges, wrapper just beginning to split along spine, three faint horizontal fold lines. Some toning to text, minor tears in a few places, annotated throughout in contemporary hand. $850. * A list of 79 prisoners. Along with the charge, each entry includes the prisoner's age, trade, date of warrant and the person "by whom committed." The annotations list the sentences, such as "6 Month C. gaol" and "3 wks solitary." (No one was transported to Australia.) Based on the handwriting, these notes appear to be the work of "James Gaine/ Keeper." His name appears at the foot of p. [11], along with the name, in the same hand, "E.H. Sanford Esq M.P." Not listed on OCLC or COPAC.

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. 15" x 10" broadside. Ilustrador. 15" x 10" broadside. Prisoners Awaiting Trial in Newcastle, February, 1831. [Broadside]. [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. A Calendar of the Prisoners Confined in His Majesty's Gaols at Durham, Newcastle, and Morpeth, For Trial at the Assizes, February, 1831, Before the Honourable Sir Joseph Littledale, Knight, And the Honourable Sir James Parke, Knight, Justices of the King, Assigned to Hold Pleas Before the King Himself. Newcastle: Douglas, Printer, 50, Quayside, 1831. 15" x 10" broadside, text in two columns below headline, columns and headline divided by rules. Moderate toning and edgewear, a few minor chips and tears, horizontal fold line through center, annotation in early hand to verso. $850. * The crimes include larceny, housebreaking and assault. Many of the men and women listed, ranging in age from 13 to 69, would have been sentenced to transportation to New South Wales or Van Dieman's Land.

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. The "Monarch of Highwaymen" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. [Hawke, William (d.1774)]. An Authentic and Genuine Narrative of the Life and Surprizing Exploits, Of William Hawke, The Famous Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, July 1, 1774, For Robbing Mr. Charles Hart, On the Highway, Of 1s. 8d. Containing I. An Account of His Birth, Education, And First Entrance on the Thieving Trade. II. Of His Numerous Robberies, Both as a Footpad, And on the Highway. III. Instances of his Generosity and Compassion to Persons in Distress. IV. His Excursion to France, With His Character of That Country and People. V. His Transportation to America, And Return from Thence. VI. His Escape Out of Tothil-Fields Bridewell. VII. His Battle with Captain Cunningham and Mr. Hart. VIII The Manner of His Apprehension, With His Desperate Resistance. IX. His Behaviour Under Sentence of Death in Newgate, And at the Place of Execution. X. Reflections on the Causes of the Numerous Robberies on the Highway. Exhibiting Such Uncommon Instances of Boldness and Audacity, As are Scarcely to be Found in the Annals of Newgate, Or the History of Tyburn. With Two Copper-Plates; One Being a Striking Likeness of the Criminal, The Other the Manner of His Robbing Capt. Cunningham and Mr. Hart. London: Printed for the Author; And Sold by R. Richards, 1774. [iii], 6-30 pp. Frontispiece of two facing copperplates. Octavo (8-3/4" x 5-1/2"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later cloth, gilt title to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to spine ends and corners, hinges just starting. Moderate toning, faint dampstaining to margins and gutters of most leaves, light soiling, edgewear and a few minor tears to plates, early repair to inside-bottom corner of first plate of frontispiece, second plate just beginning to detach but secure, along with title page and following two leaves, light soiling to title page and verso of final leaf. $1,500. * Only edition. Cunning and frequently vicious, Hawke and his confederates were also known for their generosity and compassion towards the poor and afflicted. Known as the "Monarch of Highwaymen," Hawke was captured twice by Sir John Fielding's men. The first time, in 1770, he was sentenced to transportation to America with one of his companions, but escaped back to England twelve months later and re.

Condición: UNSPECIFIED. The "Monarch of Highwaymen" [Criminals]. [Great Britain]. [Hawke, William (d.1774)]. An Authentic and Genuine Narrative of the Life and Surprizing Exploits, Of William Hawke, The Famous Highwayman, Who Was Executed at Tyburn, July 1, 1774, For Robbing Mr. Charles Hart, On the Highway, Of 1s. 8d. Containing I. An Account of His Birth, Education, And First Entrance on the Thieving Trade. [.] With Two Copper-Plates; One being a Striking Likeness of the Criminal, The Other the Manner of His Robbing Capt. Cunningham and Mr. Hart. London: Printed for the Author; And Sold by R. Richards, 1774. [iii], 6-30 pp. Frontispiece of two facing copperplates. Octavo (8" x 5"). Stab-stitched pamphlet bound into later stiff wrappers, endpapers added. Light rubbing to wrappers, moderate rubbing to extremities with minor wear to spine ends, later armorial bookplate (of Godfrey G. Roundell Greene [1888-1956]) to front endleaf. Light toning to interior, small tear to upper-inside corner of left-hand plate, light foxing to a few leaves, light soiling to p. 30. $1,950. * Only edition. Cunning and frequently vicious, Hawke and his confederates were also known for their generosity and compassion towards the poor and afflicted. Known as the "Monarch of Highwaymen," Hawke was captured twice by Sir John Fielding's men. The first time, in 1770, he was sentenced to transportation to America with one of his companions, but escaped back to England twelve months later and reorganized his gang. By this time, aware of his ever-increasing fame, his exploits became more daring. Finally, in 1774, his location betrayed by a coachman, he was captured, sentenced at the Old Bailey, and hanged at Tyburn. The pamphlet ends with reflections on highway robbers and the market for the goods they steal; a footnote refers to Henry Fielding's Enquiry into the Causes of the Late Increase of Robberies (1751). Greene, an Oxford-educated bibliophile and lexicographer, was an early member of the team who compiled the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. OCLC locates 10 copies, 1 in a law library (Library of Congress). English Short Title Catalogue N15942.