[PDF] The History Of The Lives And Actions Of The Most Famous Highwaymen A New Edition eBook

Author : Daniel Defoe
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 12,40 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
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ISBN : 9781016446600

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Author : Charles Johnson
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 27,34 MB
Release : 2013-09
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ISBN : 9781230361154

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1813 edition. Excerpt: ... rents, and the public were soon injured by his counterfeiting the King's stamp. Under a frolic pretence that a piece of parchment 'with a few verses of the first chapter of John, and some more select verses from other parts of the Scripture, would prove a pro. lection against punishment for horse.stealing, this circumstance not only conferred on him the name of the Conjuror, but also consti. luted the essence of his indictment. For under the protection of his parchment, Humphry Mousall and Morris Walker were in. duced to steal some horses, and he having received a small part of their spoil, was condemned to suffer death. It is rather a singular circumstance, that he had been several years confined to his bed, and was dragged from thence to die on a scaffold. henry cook Was one of nineteen or twenty of a family, and his parents were industrious and respected in their station. The father being a leather merchant, young Cook was instructed in the same business, and provided with a suitable stock. He conducted himself with propriety for some years, and being married to a respectable woman, seemed to promise a life of respectability and usefulness. It happened, however, that running in debt, he was forced to ab. scond, lest he should be arrested. In these unpleasant circumsatnee, he went from place to place, and being informed that the bailiff threatened that he would have him if he staid above ground, he provided a pair of pistols, and sent that officer word that he was prepared for his approach, and that the moment he came, it should be" his last. He therefore heard no more of him. After skulking about for some time, he ventured home to his wife one evening; but finding a stranger there, he resolved to live no longer with her. To' him it...