[Complete] Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Vol. 1 by Arthur L. Hayward (ed) - lt

[Lynnet]

Lives Of The Most Remarkable Criminals Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or other offences Vol. 1 by Arthur L. Hayward (1859 - 1927).

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"If there be a haunted spot in London it must surely be a few square
yards that lie a little west of the Marble Arch, for in the long course
of some six centuries over fifty thousand felons, traitors and martyrs
took there a last farewell of a world they were too bad or too good to
live in. From remote antiquity, when the seditious were taken _ad furcas
Tyburnam_, until that November day in 1783 when John Austin closed the
long list, the gallows were kept ever busy, and during the first half of
the eighteenth century, with which this book deals, every Newgate
sessions sent thither its thieves, highwaymen and coiners by the score."

We have a strange fascination with crime and criminals; and with their punishment... just or otherwise. Here, we have a collection of papers regarding the most infamous criminals of the early eighteenth century selected from the original and authentic memoirs originally published in 1735.

Please note that some listeners may find the language and terminology in some chapters offensive. It is Librivox policy to maintain the original without alteration or censorship. ( Lynne Thompson)

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  Keywords that describe the book: robbery, murderer, death penalty, execution, highwaymen, newgate, tyburn, hanging
  
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[HZFerr]

Hi Lynne,
I would like to claim DPL.

[thestorygirl]

I would be interested in reading Section 3.

[Lynnet]

Hi Lynne,
I would like to claim DPL.

Thanks, Helen.

[Lynnet]

I would be interested in reading Section 3.

Thank you.

[Ciufi]

I’d like to claim sections 4, 5, and 6 .

[Lynnet]

I’d like to claim sections 4, 5, and 6 .

Thank you for claiming

[Ciufi]

Here's section 4 (13:26):
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/mostremarkablecriminals1_04_hayward_128kb.mp3

[Lynnet]

Here's section 4 (13:26):
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/mostremarkablecriminals1_04_hayward_128kb.mp3

Thank you

[YelenaH]

I'd like to claim sections 9, 10, 11 & 12. Thanks.

[Lynnet]

I'd like to claim sections 9, 10, 11 & 12. Thanks.

Thank you for claiming

[HZFerr]

sect 4
PL OK

[Ciufi]

Here is section 5 (20:16):

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/mostremarkablecriminals1_05_hayward_128kb.mp3

[Lynnet]

Here is section 5 (20:16):

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/mostremarkablecriminals1_05_hayward_128kb.mp3

Thank you

[Ciufi]

Here is section 6 (10:01):
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/mostremarkablecriminals1_06_hayward_128kb.mp3