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An account of a most inhumane and barbarous murder committed by one William Sherloge and his whore, upon the bodies of his own wife & child; : and how he sett his house on fire, was apprehended, and carried before Captain Evans, examined and committed to Cork-Goal. [sic] : Eniskean, December the 10th. 1700.

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Main Author:	Ward, Richard
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Dublin, : Printed at the back of Dick's Coffee-House in Skinner-Row, [1700]
Series:	Early English books online.
Subjects:	Murder > Ireland > Early works to 1800. Sherloge, William. Broadsides > England > 17th century.
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