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Author Aitken, James, 1752-1777, defendant.

Title The trial at large of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise James Aitken, commonly known by the name of John the Painter : who was tried and convicted at the assizes held at Winchester, on Thursday March 6, 1777, and executed and hung in chains, at Portsmouth, on Monday March 10, for setting fire to the rope-house in his Majesty's dock-yard at Portsmouth, on Saturday the 7th of December, 1776 ; together with the confession he made before magistrates and to Commissioner Gambier ; and an account of his behaviour at the time of his execution ; also, the particulars of his life, previous to his setting fire to the dock-yard, which he gave to Mr. White, Keeper of the Goal at Winchester
Edition 2nd ed., ornamented with a neatly engraved copper-plate cut of John the Painter, and the figure of the machine by which he set fire to the Rope-house
Published [London?] : [publisher not identified], 1777

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Description 1 online resource ([ii], 94 pages) : portrait, diag
Notes Title from PDF title page, viewed Mar. 22, 2008
Subject Aitken, James, 1752-1777 -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Aitken, James, 1752-1777 fast
Subject Trials (Arson) -- Great Britain
Trials (Sabotage) -- Great Britain
Arson -- England -- Portsmouth -- Cases
Arson
Trials (Arson)
Trials (Sabotage)
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140139
Subject United States
England -- Portsmouth
Great Britain
Genre/Form Trial and arbitral proceedings
Trials, litigation, etc.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Comptes rendus de procès et d'arbitrage.
Form Electronic book
Author Great Britain. Court of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery (London and Middlesex)
Other Titles Trial of James Hill, otherwise James Hind, otherwise John Hind, otherwise James Acksan, commonly known by the name of John the Painter