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A Brief Historical Account of the Lives of the Six Notorious Street-Robbers, Executed at Kingston.

By A. Moore.

A brief historical account of the lives of the six notorious street-robbers, executed at Kingston viz. William Blewet, Edward Bunworth, Emanuel Dickenson, Thomas Berry, John Higges, and John Legee.

London: Printed for A. Moore, (1726). 52p.

Lives and Exploits of English Highwaymen

By Capt. Charles Johnson.

Pirates and Robbers, drawn from the most authentic sources, with additions by C. Whitehead. “He alone is a truly brave man, who, being powerful, for brave in it disgraceful to insult the feeble : many who pass the estimation of the world, are yet cowardly enough to commit base and barbarous actions : what else can be said of those, who possessing strength of mind and vigour of body, employ their faculties to rob and oppress the weak and ignorant ? It is an easy matter to assume the semblance of fortitude and resolution; but few, very few, are the individuals who really possess those noble qualities : particularly such hardened villains whose lives and exploits are so faithfully recorded in the following work.”

London Booksellers (1883) 452 pages.