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System Requirements: Windows 95, 98, 2000, NT or better, CD drive, Adobe Acrobat. Also suitable for Macintosh or Unix operating systems

Newgate Prison, located in London, was probably the most notorious prison in all England. Interesting memoirs of notorious characters that have been convicted of crimes in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Comprising the stories of traitors, murderers, incendiaries, ravishers, pirates, forgers, impostors, thieves of every description and essays on crime and punishment. The book makes detailed observations about cases including the gory details such as the confessions and last exclamations of prisoners.

Not just the crimes of nobles, but the petty criminals and everyday people too, in their hundreds. Fully searchable and a really juicy read.

Hopefully you won't find your ancestor in here!

High quality scanned images of the whole of the original book.

System Requirements: Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later, Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text