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Halifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light : together with a description of the town, the nature of the soil, the temper and disposition of the people, the antiquity of its customary law, and the reasonableness thereof ; with an account of the gentry, and other eminent persons born and inhabiting within the said town, and the liberties thereof ; with many other matters and things of great remark never before publish'd ; to which are added the tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his grand antagonists.

Title:Halifax and its gibbet-law placed in a true light : together with a description of the town, the nature of the soil, the temper and disposition of the people, the antiquity of its customary law, and the reasonableness thereof ; with an account of the gentry, and other eminent persons born and inhabiting within the said town, and the liberties thereof ; with many other matters and things of great remark never before publish'd ; to which are added the tragedies committed by Sir John Eland, of Eland, and his grand antagonists.
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Note:Printed by P. Darby for J. Bentley, 1761
  
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Subject:Capital punishment -- England -- Halifax
Subject:Criminal law -- England -- Halifax
Subject:Eland, John, Sir
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