The Recorder’s Report. To The King in Council, Of All the Prisoners, Under Sentence of Death in Newgate, When the Four Following Prisoners, John Smith for Uttering Forged Bank Notes, John Crisp for Burglary, Edward Hogan, And James Scott for Cutting and Maiming, Were Ordered for Execution on Wednesday Next.
London: Pitt, Printer, Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 1823. First printing. Ephemera. A broadside that reviews the sentences of several prisoners in September and October of 1823. The fate of the four men in the headline was death. In a similar style to a court calendar, the broadside reviews the sentences of several prisoners, some of them not guilty.
Another prisoner, Susan Courtney alias Elizabeth Jones, born 1 January 1796, originally transported June 1817 on the "Friendship" for 14 years for the crime of "coining". She was again transported Sep. 1824 on the "Grenada" to serve a life sentence for "returning from transportation." convictrecords dot com au (see the 4th paragraph).
Broadside, 13-1/2” x 8-3/4”, text in two columns below headline and large woodcut vignette. Main text followed by six stanzas of verse titled “A Mournful Copy of Verses, On the Occasion.” Slt. toned, faint horizontal fold line, otherwise vgc. No copies located on OCLC, Library Hub or Trove. Very good overall. Item #27894
Price: $3,500.00