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Title: The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar. Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published. Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" (pseud.)
Year: 1841 (1840s)
Authors: Pelham, Camden, pseud Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882. illus. cn
Subjects: Crime Criminals
Publisher: London, T. Tegg (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh Library System

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On Friday these wretched men were brought to the place of execution,
behind the Castle at York. Every precaution had been taken to render a
rescue impracticable. Two troops of cavalry were drawn up near the front
of the platform, and the avenues to the Castle were guarded by infantry.
A few minutes before nine o'clock the prisoners came upon the platform.
After the ordinary had read the accustomed forms of prayer, George
Mellor prayed for about ten minutes, William Thorp also prayed ; but his
voice was not so well heard. Smith said but little, but seemed to join in
the devotions with great seriousness.
The prisoners were then moved to the front of the platform; and, after
saying a few words, the executioner proceeded to perform his fatal office,
and the drop fell.
On the 8th John Baines the elder, John Baines the younger, Zachary
Baines of the same family, the elder near seventy years of age, and the
latter scarce sixteen, John Eadon, Charles Milnes, William Blakeborough,
and George Duckworth, all of Halifax, were tried for administering an un-
lawful oath to John Macdonald ; and all, except the boy, were found guilty.
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The Luddites shooting M^r. Horsfall.
Page 550

London,Published by Thomas Tegg,Cheapside.

THE NEW NEWGATE CALENDAR. 551

On the 9th January, James Haigh of Dalton, Jonathan Deane of Hud-
dersfield, John Ogden, James Brook, Thomas Brook, John Walker of
Longroyd Bridge, and John Hirst of Liversedge, were tried for attacking
the mill of Mr. William Cartwright at Rawfolds. Mr. Cartwright being
apprehensive of an attack being made upon his mill, procured the assist-
ance of five soldiers, and retired to rest about twelve o'clock, but soon
afterwards heard the barking of a dog. He arose; and while opening the
door, heard a breaking of windows, and also a firing in the upper and lower
windows, and a violent hammering at the door. He and his men flew to
their arms ; and a bell placed at the top of the mill, for the purpose of
alarming the neighbours, being rung by one of his men, the persons inside
the mill discharged their pieces from loop-holes. The fire was returned
regularly on both sides. The mob called, " Bang up, lads ! in with you !
keep close ! damn that bell ! get to it ! damn 'em, kill 'em all !"

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