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• A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials. (Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.], : by John Wyeth., 1798. (Entered according to law.)), by Charles M'Manus and Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County) (HTML at Evans TCP)

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• A Faithful narrative of Elizabeth Wilson; who was executed at Chester, January 3d, 1786. Charged with the murder of her twin infants. Containing some account of her dying sayings; with some serious reflections. : Drawn up at the request of a friend unconnected with the deceased. (Philadelphia: : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1786), by Elizabeth Wilson (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Blood will out. Or. An example of justice in the tryal, condemnation, confession and execution of Thomas Lutherland, who barbously murthered the body of John Clark of Philadelphia, and was executed at Salem in West-Jarsey [sic] the 23d of February, 1691/2. (Philadelphia: : Printed and sold by Will. Bradford,, 1692) (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The trial of Alice Clifton, for the murder of her bastard-child, at the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery, held at Philadelphia, on Wednesday the 18th day of April, 1787. ([Philadelphia : s.n., 1787]), by Alice Clifton (HTML at Evans TCP)

• An enquiry how far the punishment of death is necessary in Pennsylvania. With notes and illustrations. / By William Bradford, Esq. ; To which is added, an account of the gaol and penitentiary house of Philadelphia, and of the interior management thereof. by Caleb Lownes, of Philadelphia. ; [Three lines from Montesque] (Philadelphia: : Printed by T. Dobson at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street., M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]), by William Bradford and Caleb. Account of the alteration and present state of the penal laws of Pennsylvania .. Lownes (HTML at Evans TCP)

• An enquiry how far the punishment of death is necessary in Pennsylvania. With notes and illustrations. / By William Bradford, Esq. ; To which is added, an account of the gaol and penitentiary house of Philadelphia, and of the interior management thereof. by Caleb Lownes, of Philadelphia. ; [Three lines from Montesque] (Philadelphia: : Printed by T. Dobson at the stone-house, no. 41, South Second-Street., M,DCC,XCIII. [1793]), by William Bradford and Caleb. Account of the alteration and present state of the penal laws of Pennsylvania .. Lownes (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A Faithful narrative of Elizabeth Wilson; who was executed at Chester, January 3d, 1786. Charged with the murder of her twin infants. Containing some account of her dying sayings; with some serious reflections. : Drawn up at the request of a friend unconnected with the deceased. (Philadelphia: : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1786), by Elizabeth Wilson (HTML at Evans TCP)

• A Correct account of the trials of Charles M'Manus, John Hauer, Elizabeth Hauer, Patrick Donagan, Francis Cox, and others; at Harrisburgh -- June Oyer and Terminer, 1798. For the murder of Francis Shitz, on the night of the 28th December, 1797, at Heidelberg Township, Dauphin County, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Containing, the whole evidence, and the substance of all the law arguments in those celebrated trials. (Printed at Harrisburgh [Pa.], : by John Wyeth., 1798. (Entered according to law.)), by Charles M'Manus and Pennsylvania. Court of Oyer and Terminer (Dauphin County) (HTML at Evans TCP)

• The confession of Joseph Baker, a Canadian by birth, who, for murder & piracy committed on the high seas, on board the schooner Eliza, Captain Wm. Wheland, in a voyage from Philadelphia bound to St. Thomas, was tried on the 25th of April, 1800, before the Hon. Samuel Chase and Richard Peters, judges of the District Court of the United States, for the District of Pennsylvania, and now under sentence of death, in the solitary cells of the penitentiary house of the city and county of Philadelphia. ([Philadelphia] : Printed by Richard Folwell, no. 63, North Front-Street. (Copy-right secured according to law.), [1800]), by Joseph Baker (HTML at Evans TCP)
• The Last words and dying confession of the three pirates, who were executed this day, (May 9th, 1800.) ([Philadelphia] : From Folwell's press, no. 63, North Front-Street, Philadelphia. (Copy-right secured according to law.), [1800]), by Joseph Brous, Joseph Baker, and Peter Peterson (HTML at Evans TCP)

• Case of Passmore Williamson: Report of the Proceedings on the Writ of Habeas Corpus, Issued by the Hon. John K. Kane, Judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, in the Case of the United States of America Ex Rel. John H. Wheeler vs. Passmore Williamson, Including the Several Opinions Delivered; and the Arguments of Counsel, Reported by Arthur Cannon, Esq., Phonographer (Philadelphia: U. Hunt and Son, 1856), ed. by Arthur Cannon, contrib. by United States District Court, Pennsylvania Eastern District and John H. Wheeler
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• Narrative of Facts in the Case of Passmore Williamson (page images at MOA)