The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett, apprentice to an attorney at law, who, for a murder which he never committed, was tried, condemned, executed, and hung in chains, in Old England; yet lived many years afterwards and in his travels, found the man in the West Indies, actually alive, for the supposed murder of whom, he had been really executed. Demonstratively proving, that condemnations upon circumstantial evidence, are injurious to innocence, incompatible with justice, and therefore ought always to be discountenanced, especially in cases of life and death.

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• The life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett, apprentice to an attorney at law, who, for a murder which he never committed, was tried, condemned, executed, and hung in chains, in Old England; yet lived many years afterwards and in his travels, found the man in the West Indies, actually alive, for the supposed murder of whom, he had been really executed. Demonstratively proving, that condemnations upon circumstantial evidence, are injurious to innocence, incompatible with justice, and therefore ought always to be discountenanced, especially in cases of life and death.
• Life and adventures of Ambrose Gwinett

People / Organizations

• Isaac Bickerstaff (Author)

Imprint

Fairhaven [Vt.]: Re-printed and sold by J.P. Spooner, [1799?]

Publication year

1799-1799

ESTC No.

W19337

Grub Street ID

328989

Description

46p. : ill. ; 12 cm

Note

Attributed to Isaac Bickerstaff in the Dictionary of national biography.

The only known copy, held by the Vermont Historical Society, lacks p. 15-18.

Date of publication supplied by McCorison.Citation/references Bristol, B10717

Shipton & Mooney, 48803