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The life, trial, confession and execution of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate and murderer : executed on Bedloe's Island, New York bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on board the oyster sloop E.A. Johnson : containing the history of his life (written by himself) from childhood up to the time of his arrest : with a full account of his piracies, murders, mutinies, high-way robberies, etc., comprising the particulars of one hundred murders! : to which is added the account of his arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution ; also, his phrenological character, as described by L.N. Fowler.

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Title:
The life, trial, confession and execution of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate and murderer : executed on Bedloe's Island, New York bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on board the oyster sloop E.A. Johnson : containing the history of his life (written by himself) from childhood up to the time of his arrest : with a full account of his piracies, murders, mutinies, high-way robberies, etc., comprising the particulars of one hundred murders! : to which is added the account of his arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution ; also, his phrenological character, as described by L.N. Fowler.
Collection:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Creator:
Hicks, Albert W., 1820?-1860.
Catalog Record:
3262344
Subject:
Trial Pamphlets Collection
Extent:
82 300dpi JPEG page images
Publisher:
Robert M. De Witt, publisher, 13 Frankfort Street
Publication Place:
New York
Format:
Book
Rights:
The Cornell University Law Library Trial Pamphlets Collection is open to the general public, in accordance with the terms set forth in the Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections, http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright. Permission is not required from Cornell University Library to use items from the Trial Pamphlets Collection. We do suggest the following credit line: Courtesy of Cornell University Law Library, Trial Pamphlets Collection.

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