EditorialSea chest, Oak trunk, covered with a seal skin and herds of iron partially forged into simple ormanenten. The case is octagonal, has a lock and two robberies for padlocks and two handles on the narrow sides. Inside two bulkheads., anonymous, Noord-Nede...
EditorialJack Sheppard escaping. A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of. John Applebee: London, 1724. The manner of Jack Shepherd's escape out of the condemn'd hole in Newgate. Image taken from A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John ...
EditorialJack Sheppard. A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of. John Applebee: London, 1724. Jack Shepherd': Jack Sheppard (1702 - 1724) English criminal. In prison. Image taken from A Narrative of all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. of John Sheppard: g...
Editorial'Ann Bonny and Mary Read convicted of piracy Nov. 28th 1720 at a court of vice admiralty held at St. Jago de la Vega in ye island of Jamaica'. A General History of the Robberies and Murders of the most Notorious Pyrates, and also their policies, discip...
EditorialGeorge Smith and Deacon William Brodie, alleged partners in a series of shop robberies of 1787 and hanged together for the crimes. Brodie was said to have paid a French quack doctor Peter Degravers to resuscitate his body but the attempt failed. Copper...