The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett, [electronic resource] : apprentice to an attorney at law, who for a murder which he never committed, was tried, condemned, executed, and hung in chains, in old England; yet lived many years afterwards, and in his travels found the man in the West-Indies, actually alive, for the supposed murder of whom he had been really executed. Demonstratively proving, that condemnations upon circumstantial evidence are injurious to innocence, incompatible with justice, and therefore ought always to be discountenanced, especially in cases of life an death[.].
1800
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The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett, [electronic resource] : apprentice to an attorney at law, who for a murder which he never committed, was tried, condemned, executed, and hung in chains, in old England; yet lived many years afterwards, and in his travels found the man in the West-Indies, actually alive, for the supposed murder of whom he had been really executed. Demonstratively proving, that condemnations upon circumstantial evidence are injurious to innocence, incompatible with justice, and therefore ought always to be discountenanced, especially in cases of life an death[.].
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Boston : Printed and sold by J. White, near Charles'-River Bridge, --1800.
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United States -- Massachusetts -- Boston.
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English
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24p. ; 12⁰.
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Attributed to Isaac Bickerstaff in the Dictionary of national biography.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
Reproduction of original from Boston Public Library.
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Evans, 37561
English Short Title Catalog, W19276.
English Short Title Catalog, W19276.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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