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An authentic history of the Gunpowder Plot : from the first projection, December 1601, to the fifth of November, 1605 : with an account of the proceedings against the conspirators, and the manner of their execution : embellished with eight portraits of Guy Fawkes and his associates, carefully engraved from the very scarce original in the possession of J. Bindley, Esq. (London : Printed by and for Hodgson & Co., no. 10, Newgate-Street, [1823?]), by Robert Cruikshank and Hodgson & Co. (Publishers) (page images at HathiTrust)
Exécution des Aylward [ressource électronique] : le mari et la femme pendus. ([S.l. : s.n., 1863?]) (page images at HathiTrust)
Exécution de Eugène Poitras, convaincu du meurtre de J.B. Ouellet [ressource électronique]. ([Québec? : s.n.], 1869) (page images at HathiTrust)
Dicken's A tale of two cities; (New York, Cincinnati [etc.] American book company, [c1911]), by Charles Dickens and John William Pearce (page images at HathiTrust)
The last speeches of Thomas Wentworth, late Earle of Strafford, and deputy of Ireland : the one in the Tovver, the other on the scaffold on Tower-Hill, May the twelfth 1641 : together with his deportment before and at the end of his execution. (London printed : [s.n.], 1641), by Thomas Wentworth Strafford (page images at HathiTrust)
The speech and carriage of Stephen Colledge at Oxford, before the castle, on VVednesday August 31. 1681 : taken exactly from his own mouth at the place of execution. (London : Printed for Thomas Basset at the George in Fleet-street, and John Fish near the Golden Tun in the Strand, 1681), by Stephen Colledge (page images at HathiTrust)
The importance of a religious education illustrated and enforced : a sermon, delivered at Worcester, October 31, 1793, occasioned by the execution of Samuel Frost, on that day, for the murder of Captain Elisha Allen, of Princeton, on the 16th day of July, 1793 / (Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : by Isaiah Thomas. Sold at the Worcester bookstore, MDCCXCIII. [1793]), by Aaron Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust)
Hanging of thirty-eight Sioux Indians at Mankato, Minn., December 26, 1862. ([United States? : H.D. Smith?], c1898) (page images at HathiTrust)
A true copy of Sir Henry Hide's speech on the scaffold,immediately before his execution before the exchange, on the 4th of March, 1650 : taken in short-hand from his mouth / (London : Printed by Peter Cole, 1650), by Henry Hyde, Peter Cole, and John Hinde (page images at HathiTrust)
Mémoires de Sanson : exécuteur des jugements criminels. Avec une introd., des notes et des commentaires par le bibliophile Pol André. (Paris : A. Michel, [1911]), by Vincent Lombard and Hector Fleischmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The awful sentance [sic] and lamentations of Keene : who now lies in Horsmonger-lane Goal [sic]; under sentance [sic] of execution, without the least hopes of mercy, for the murder of a child, at Albury, near Guilford. ([London] : E. Hodges, (from Pitt's), Wholesale Toy and Marble Warehouse, 31 Dudley Street 7 Dials, [1852?]), by E. Hodges (page images at HathiTrust)
Life trial sentence and last farwell [sic] tu [sic] the worrld [sic] gf [sic] Anne Merritt for the murder of James Merritt her husband, by poison, on the 2kth [sic] Jan. 1853. ([London] : E. Hodges, printer, (from Pitt's), Wholesale Toy Warehouse, 31, Dudley Street, Seven Dials, [1853?]), by E. Hodges and Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) IU-R (page images at HathiTrust)
Copy of verses on the execution of Daniel Good. ([London] : Birt, printer, 39 Great St. Andrew Street, Seven Dials, [1842]), by Ann Birt and Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) IU-R (page images at HathiTrust)
Lamentation of Henry Wainwright, for the murder and mutilation of Harriet Lane. ([London] : W.S. Fortey, printer & publisher 2 & 3 Monmouth-Ct., [1875]), by W. S. Fortey and Project Unica (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library) IU-R (page images at HathiTrust)
Tyburn tree : its history and annals / (London : Brown, Langham & Co., [1908]), by Alfred Marks (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Memoirs of the Sansons : from private notes and documents (1688-1847) / (London : Chatto and Windus, 1876), by Henri Sanson, Charles Henri Sanson, and Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
Poprava na Staroměstském rynku v Praze, 21. června r. 1621 : zprávu Pavla Skály ze Zhoře i jiné soudobé zprávy o popravě / (V Praze : Nákl. Společnosti přátel starožitností českých, 1904), by Jan Herain and Josef Teige (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Mémoires de Sanson : exécuteur des jugements criminels / (Paris : A. Michel, [1911?]), by Vincent Lombard and Hector Fleischmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution, d'après des documents inédits tirés des archives de l'état, (Paris : Perrin et cie., 1920), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Stockholms blodbestänkta jord. (Stockholm : bokförlaget Rediviva, 1972) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Pariser-Schavottens historia, från 1688 till 1847 : eller, Familjen Sansons memoirer, ordnade, redigerade och utg. af H. Sanson / (Stockholm : Tryckt hos N. Marcus, 1862-1864), by d' Olbreuze, Henri Sanson, Charles Henri Sanson, and Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
Brief history of capital punishment in the State of Indiana / ([S.l. : s.n., 1967?]), by Ward Lane and Indiana State Prison (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Bøddel og galgefugl : et kultur-historisk forsøg. (København : Gyldendal, 1910), by Hugo Matthiessen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Der Scharfrichter in der deutschen Kulturgeschichte, (Bonn, K. Schroeder, 1921), by Albrecht Keller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Histoire des conspirations et des exécutions politiques en France, en Angleterre, en Russie, et en Espagne depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours ... terminée par un précis de la révolution de février et des événements de juin 1848. (Paris, G. Harvard, 1849), by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution d'après des documents inédits tirés des Archives de l'état, (Paris, Perrin, 1910), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Memoirs of the Sansons : from private notes and documents (1688-1847) / (London : Chatto and Windus, 1876), by Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
Il patibolo. Il carnefice ed il paziente, ventiquattr' ore di storia. (Genova, R. Stabilimento Lavagnino, 1868), by Giacomo Borgonovo (page images at HathiTrust)
Acordam e sentenças oferidas pelo conselho e desembargo de El-Rei D. José I contra os cumplices no attentado de 3 de setembro de 1758, em que perigou a vida d'este monarcha. ([Lisbon: s.n., 1866]), by Portugal. Junta da Inconfidência, lithographer Silva, Leonor Tomásia de Távora Távora, Francisco de Assis de Távora Távora, and José de Mascarenhas Aveiro (page images at HathiTrust)
The six who were hanged. ([New Orleans, c1924]), by Clem G. Hearsey (page images at HathiTrust)
Temple Bar : the City Golgotha : a narrative of the historical occurrences of a criminal character associated with the present Bar / (London : D. Bogue, 1853), by James Holbert Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
Mémoires pour servir a l'histoire de la révolution français / (Paris : A la Librairie Centrale, 1830), by L. F. L'Héritier and Honoré de Balzac (page images at HathiTrust)
Some distinguished victims of the scaffold, (London : K. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1905), by Horace Bleackley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Discours tres-veritable d'un insigné voleur qui contrefaisoit le Diable, lequel fut prins et pendu à Bayonne, au mois de Janvier dernier. (Lyon : Louis Perrin, 1874) (page images at HathiTrust)
Sydney Carton : a tale of two cities ... ([Holyoke, Mass., M.J. Doyle printing co., 1900]), by James W. Harkins and Charles Dickens (page images at HathiTrust)
Bøddel og galgefugl et kulturhistorisk forsøg. ([København] : Gldendalske Boghandel Nordisk, 1910), by Hugo Matthiessen (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
88 men and 2 women, (Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, 1962), by Clinton T. Duffy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Souvenirs de la place de la Roquette / (Paris :E. Dentu, 1883), by Georges Grison (page images at HathiTrust)
La vérité sur les exécutions en Russie : suivie d'une esquisse biographique sur Sophie Perowskaya., by Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin (page images at HathiTrust)
Die Pfählung : eine Form der Todesstrafe : Kultur- und Rechtshistorische Studie / (Wien : Manz, 1903), by Sigmund Stiassny (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Maister Franntzn Schmidts Nachrichters inn Nürmberg all sein Richten / (Leipzig : W. Heim, 1913), by Franz Schmidt, Albrecht Keller, Albrecht Keller, and Albrecht Keller (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Talbotts : history of the assassination of Dr. P.H. Talbott and the trial of his two sons Albert P. and Charles E. Talbott, for the murder. (Maryville, Mo. : Printed by the Republican Steam Job and Book Office, [1881]), by Albert P. Talbott and Charles E. Talbott, contrib. by New England Historic Genealogical Society (page images at HathiTrust)
The confession of Jereboam O. Beauchamp, who was hanged at Frankfort, Ky. on the 7th day of July, 1826, for the murder of Col. Solomon P. Sharp., by Jereboam O. Beauchamp and Ann Beauchamp (page images at HathiTrust)
The Dearing tragedy. : The only authentic history published of this heartless, fiendish crime. With a full history and confession of Antoine Probst, the monster. (Philadelphia : Published by C.W. Alexander, 123 South Third Street, [1866]), by Anton Probst (page images at HathiTrust)
The Ging murder and the great Hayward trial. : The official stenographic report containing every word of the wonderful trial from its opening to sentence of death; the rulings of the court; speeches of Frank M. Nye, W.W. Erwin, Albert H. Hall and John Day Smith; the Court's charge, etc. Supplemented by a dramatic story of the great crime by Oscar F.G. Day, author of "A Mistaken Identity," "The Devil's Gold," "A Crown of Shame," etc. ([Minneapolis] : Copyrighted by the Minnesota Tribune Company, 1895), by Harry T. Hayward, Oscar F. G. History of the Ging murder and review of Hayward trial Day, Claus Alfred Blixt, and Minnesota. Supreme Court (page images at HathiTrust)
The vain prodigal life and tragical penitent death of Thomas Hellier born at Whitchurch near Lyme in Dorset-shire: : who for murdering his master, mistress, and a maid was executed according to law at Westover in Charles City, in the country of Virginia, neer the plantation called Hard Labour, where he perpetrated the said murders. He suffer'd on Munday the 5th of August, 1678. And was after hanged up in chains at Windmill-Point on James River. [. (London : Printed for Sam. Crouch, at the Princes Arms, a corner-shop of Popes-head-alley in Cornhil, 1680), by Thomas Hellier, Samuel Crouch, and Cutbeard Williamson (page images at HathiTrust)
The ring and the book, (New York, Boston, T. Y. Crowell & company, [1898]), by Robert Browning and Charlotte Endymion Porter, ed. by Helen Archibald Clarke and Charlotte Endymion Porter (page images at HathiTrust)
The seven who were hanged. (New York, J. S. Ogilvie publishing company, [c1909]), by Leonid Andreyev (page images at HathiTrust)
Cluverius. : My life, trial and conviction. / (Richmond : Andrews, Baptist & Clemmitt, printers, 1887), by Thomas J. Cluverius (page images at HathiTrust)
Among the lowest of the dead : the culture of capital punishment / (Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan Press, c2006), by David Von Drehle (page images at HathiTrust)
A faithful narrative of Elizabeth Wilson; who was executed at Chester, Jan. 3, 1786. Charged with the murder of her twin infants. : Containing some account of her dying sayings; with some serious reflections. / (Philadelphia : [s.n.], Printed in the year 1786), by Elizabeth Wilson (page images at HathiTrust)
El Libro rojo, 1520-1867. (México, A. Pola, 1905-06), by Vicente Riva Palacio (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Histoire des conspirations et des exécutions politiques en France, en Angleterre, en Russie, et en Espagne depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'á nos jours ... (Paris. G. Havard, 1849), by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
Sept générations d'exécuteurs 1688-1847. (Paris, Dupray de la Mahèrie et cie, 1862-63), by Henri Sanson, d' Olbreuze, Henri Sanson, and Charles Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust)
Myron Buel, the murderer of Catharine Mary Richards. : life, crime, execution, and confession, with portrait and autograph of the murderer. / (Binghamton, N.Y. : Republican Print, 998 Water Street, 1879), by Gordon W. Treadwell (page images at HathiTrust)
The trial of Henry Joseph and Amos Otis, for the murder of James Crosby, captain of the Brig Juniper, on the high seas. : In the Circuit Court of the United States, District of Massachusetts, holden at Boston--October term, 1834. (Boston: : Published by Light & Horton, 1 & 3 Cornhill., 1834), by Henry Joseph, Amos Otis, and United States. Circuit Court (Massachusetts), contrib. by Light and Horton (page images at HathiTrust)
The life of John Ten Eyck, / (Pittsfield, Mass. : Sun Book and Job Printing Rooms, 10 1-2 North Street, 1878), by John Ten Eyck (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and confession of Miner Babcock: : who was executed at Norwich, Connecticut, June 6th, 1816. For the murder of London, a blackman. / ([New London, Conn.] : Printed by Samuel Green, New-London: for the proprietor of the copy-right, June 1816), by Miner Babcock and Samuel Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Tagebücher der Henker von Paris, 1685 bis 1847, (Potsdam : G. Kiepenheuer, 1923), contrib. by Henri Sanson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
La guillotine et les exécuteurs des arrêts criminels pendant la révolution; d'après des documents inédits tirés des archives de l'état, (Paris, Perrin et cie., 1922), by G. Lenotre (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Histoire des luttes, attentats et conspirations politiques ... tant en France, qu'en Angleterre, en Espagne et en Russie, etc., etc., (Paris, Au siège de l'Administration, 1849), by Emile Marco de Saint-Hilaire (page images at HathiTrust)
The Colby tragedy. : An illustrated narrative. With a history of the lives of Shaffer and Johnson, the two men convicted of the crime. Capture and trial of Shaffer and Johnson. Portraits. J. Luther Shaffer, John W. Johnson, Judge Mayer, Ex-district Attorney Brown, T.C. Hipple, Esq., T.T. Abram, Esq., W.C. Holahan, Esq., W.H. Clough, Esq., and John B. Myers, Esq., Isaiah Colby, Nora Colby, the baby Colby, John Colby, Anna Colby, Ex-sheriff May, Sheriff Leahy, Officer Westbrook and Officer Vernes. Illustrations. The scene of the murder, the capture of Shaffer, interior of the Clinton County Court House during Johnson's trial, view of the jail yard where the execution will take place, etc., etc. Price, 25 cents. (Williamsport, Pa. : Pennsylvania Grit Steam Printing House, 1888), by J. Luther Shaffer (page images at HathiTrust)
The life and execution of Jack Kehoe, king of the "Mollie Maguires," : together with a full account of the crimes and executions of the other principals in that terrible organization. Fourteen Mollies hanged!. (Philadelphia, Pa. : Published by Barclay & Co., 21 North Seventh Street, [1879]), contrib. by Barclay & Co (page images at HathiTrust)
Ocherki sovremennykh kazneĭ. (Moskva, 1906), by V. Vladimirov (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
The Marks murderers and a history of their lives and travels, : with a true statement of their crime, flight and capture, and a copy of the death warrant. May 18th, 1893. ([Tunkhannock, Pa.?] : [publisher not identified], [1893]) (page images at HathiTrust)
God admonishing his people of their duty, as parents and masters. : A sermon, preached at New-London, December 20th, 1786. Occasioned by the execution of Hannah Ocuish, a mulatto girl, aged 12 years and 9 months. For the murder of Eunice Bolles, aged 6 years and 6 months. / (New-London: [Conn.] : Printed by T. Green, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]), by Henry Channing and Timothy Green (page images at HathiTrust)
Tyburn Tree: Its History and Annals, by Alfred Marks (Gutenberg ebook)
El libro rojo, 1520-1867, Tomo II (in Spanish), by Rafael Martinez de la Torre, Juan A. Mateos, Manuel Payno, and Vicente Riva Palacio (Gutenberg ebook)
El libro rojo, 1520-1867, Tomo I (in Spanish), by Rafael Martinez de la Torre, Juan A. Mateos, Manuel Payno, and Vicente Riva Palacio (Gutenberg ebook)
Some Distinguished Victims of the Scaffold, by Horace Bleackley (Gutenberg ebook)
The speeches and prayers of Major General Harison, Octob. 13. Mr. John Carew, Octob. 15. Mr. Justice Cooke, Mr. Hugh Peters, Octob. 16. Mr. Tho. Scott, Mr. Gregory Clement, Col. Adrian Scroop, Col. John Jones, Octob. 17. Col. Daniel Axtell, & Col. Fran. Hacker, Oct. 19: the times of their death. Together with severall occasionall speeches and passages in their imprisonment till they came to the place of execution. Faithfully and impartially collected for further satisfaction. ([London] : Printed [by Simon Dover and Thomas Creeke], anno Dom. 1660), by Thomas Harrison (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Two speeches dflivered [sic] on the scaffold at Tower-Hill on Friday last,: by Mr. Christopher Love, and Mr. Gibbins, being the 22. of this instant August, 1651. With the manner of their deportment and carriage at the place of execution: and Mr. Love's declaration and propositions to the citizens of London, touching the King, Scots, and covenant. / By G.H. An ear-witness on the scaffold. (London : Printed for William Loe [sic], servant to the Common-wealth of England, 1651), by G. H., Christopher Love, and John Gibbons (HTML at EEBO TCP)
Mr. Love his funeral sermon,: preached by himself on the scaffold on Tower Hill, in the hearing of many thousand people, on Friday the two and twentieth day of this instant August. Divided into three parts; 1. The matter for which he suffered, 2. The cleering or justifying of himself. 3. His exhortation to the people. (London : Printed by Robert Wood, 1651), by Christopher Love (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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