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Mistaken justice: or, innocence condemn'd, in the person of Francis Newland, lately executed at Tyburn, for the barbarous murther of Mr. Francis Thomas. Being a true account of the evidence against him, of the truth of his case, and of his behaviour, from the time of his sentence, till his execution; attested by divers credible persons.

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	London : printed for Richard Smith, at the Angel near Lincolns-Inn Back-Gate, going into the fields, 1695.
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Murder > England > Early works to 1800. Trials (Murder) > England > Early works to 1800. False arrest > England > Early works to 1800.
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