The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 / being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841

THE C H R O N I C L E S O F C R I M E.




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INCLUDING A NUMBER OF CURIOUS CASES NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED. EMBELLISHED WITH FIFTY-TWO ENGRAVINGS, FROM ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY “PHIZ.” BY CAMDEN PELHAM, ESQ., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW. VOL. II LONDON: T. MILES & CO., 95, UPPER STREET. 1891.


Note.— The offence mentioned opposite to each name is that alleged against the person charged.

IN the year 1816, when Sir Matthew Wood was lord mayor of London, several conspiracies of a most diabolical nature were detected, and some of the conspirators punished. The conduct of the chief magistrate was such as to do honour not only to his understanding and ability, but to his disinterestedness and humanity.