An edition of The genuine lives of Christopher Johnson, John Stockdale, and William Peers
(1753)
The genuine lives of Christopher Johnson, John Stockdale, and William Peers
executed for murder, July 23, 1753 ... to which is added, an account of the young highwayman, Thomas Twinbrow, for robbing two graziers in the Edgeware Road, the manner of his being taken, and trial : with two prints of Johnson, Stockdale, and Peers and his wife
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(from t.p.) Containing, A true narrative of the juvenile exploits of Johnson and Stockdale before they became acquainted, their first view and consultations, and their inducements to go on the highway
An exact relation of their robbing and murdering Zachary Gardiner, the postman
An account of a robbery they committed on an old gentleman in Essex
Johson's peculiar method of forging notes and his success therein
Some curious particulars relating to the famous Roger Johnson, his father
Stockdale's letter to his father the night before he suffer'd
Their apprehension, examination before a justice, trial, execution, and dying behaviour
A lecture in anatomy read at Surgeon's-Hall, on the dissection of William Peers.
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Signatures: [A]1 B-D⁴ E⁴(-E4).
ESTC (RLIN) N18191
BM, CXVII, column 696
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