A novel by Sir W. Scott, published 1818, as the 2nd series of Tales of My Landlord. Scott has built one of his greatest novels on two historical incidents: ...
Jan 5, 2014 · It appeared that four of Captain Ferguson's crew died, and he was charged with the murder of them all. On one of these alleged crimes he was ...
A searchable online edition of the Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674-1913.
May 15, 2017 · John Roberts, his wife [Sarah Smithson Roberts], and [four] children were killed and scalped, except the eldest child, James [our John Robert's ...
... Murder". Indictment? yes, murder. Term?: 6/1772 (Cumberland & Lincoln Co.) Court proceedings: Solomon Goodwin of Bowdoinham (Lincoln Co., y) 5/25/1772 at ...
A Biographical Dictionary of the Maryland Legislature 1635-1789 by Edward C. Papenfuse, et. al ...
On the morning of the 11th of Dec'r 1782, Fell by the hands of William Beadle, an infatuated Man, who closed the horrid sacrifice of his Wife and Children with ...
Dido Elizabeth Belle (1760s-1804) was the illegitimate daughter of Captain John Lindsay of the Royal Navy and Maria Belle, a slave of African origin.
Sentenced in England, Summer 1755. Coldham, p. 43. Death warrant issued 6 May 1756 — CR (orig.)-152. To hang 14 May 1756. Pardon ordered 5 May 1756 — MA.
She entered the historical record on July 4 1771, when she was imprisoned in the town of Cupar, in Scotland, for the crime of child murder. In September 1771 ...