Project Gutenberg 2014-08-16 Public domain in the USA. 93 Pelham, Camden Browne, Hablot Knight 1815 1882 Phiz Browne, Hablot K. (Hablot Knight) Browne, H. K. (Hablot Knight) Brown, Hablot K. (Hablot Knight) "Phiz" The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 2/2 being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to 1841 Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive) "The Chronicles of Crime; or, The New Newgate Calendar" by Camden Pelham is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This volume presents a series of memoirs and anecdotes detailing notorious criminals who have broken the laws of Great Britain up until 1841, encompassing a range of offenses from murder to forgery and piracy. The book showcases various criminals and their crimes, providing insight into the darker aspects of society during this period. The opening of the work introduces the reader to a collection of case studies, highlighting the gruesome realities of crime and punishment in early 19th-century Britain. It begins with the accounts of several individuals convicted of serious crimes, such as coining and conspiracy. For example, the event surrounding the 1816 trial of Thomas Brock and others reveals the corruption within the police system, where informants would entrap innocents to profit from convictions. This narrative approach sets a somber tone, making it clear that the volume aims to explore complex moral questions related to justice, legality, and the human condition in the context of crime. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46595/46595-h/images/cover.jpg en Crime -- Great Britain Criminals -- Great Britain Newgate (Prison : London, England) HV Text Browsing: Crime/Mystery Browsing: History - British Browsing: History - General Browsing: Sociology 2382578 2382501 2024-09-19T12:28:37.012233 2023-09-20T08:34:15.599280 text/html text/html 2408947 2021-01-25T07:53:53 text/html; charset=utf-8 9065365 2021-01-25T07:53:54 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 9151007 2024-09-19T12:29:02.451118 application/epub+zip 9169511 2024-09-19T12:28:41.074226 application/epub+zip 964995 2024-09-19T12:28:38.970228 application/epub+zip 9798766 2024-09-19T12:29:20.389008 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9599497 2024-09-19T12:28:59.161139 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1418455 2022-09-21T07:44:41.210236 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2265888 2265725 2024-09-19T12:28:34.092305 2023-09-20T08:34:12.782245 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 2285028 2015-04-04T10:42:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 809272 2015-04-04T10:43:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 2285023 2015-04-04T10:42:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 809212 2015-04-04T10:43:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21805 2024-09-19T12:29:20.572008 application/rdf+xml 24805 2024-09-19T12:28:39.104233 image/jpeg 3944 2024-09-19T12:28:39.039221 image/jpeg 9079486 2024-09-19T12:28:37.346256 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia