PREFACE
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE LOVE PHILTRE THE CASE OF MARY BLANDY, 1751-2
THE UNFORTUNATE BROTHERS THE CASE OF ROBERT AND DANIEL PERREAU AND MRS MARGARET CAROLINE RUDD, 1775-6
THE KING'S ENGRAVER THE CASE OF WILLIAM WYNNE RYLAND, 1783
A SOP TO CERBERUS THE CASE OF GOVERNOR WALL, 1782-1802
THE KESWICK IMPOSTOR THE CASE OF JOHN HADFIELD, 1802-3
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE HADFIELD CASE I. Contemporary Tracts, etc.
A FAMOUS FORGERY THE CASE OF HENRY FAUNTLEROY, 1824 Part
INDEX
SOME DISTINGUISHED VICTIMS
OF THE SCAFFOLD
The IDLE ‘PRENTICE Executed at Tyburn.
SOME
DISTINGUISHED VICTIMS
OF THE SCAFFOLD
BY
HORACE BLEACKLEY
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LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER, & CO., Ltd.
DRYDEN HOUSE, GERRARD STREET, W.
1905
To
JOSEPH GREGO
WHOSE MEMORY IS STORED WITH
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