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A24712 An Account of the apprehending & taking of Mr. John Robinson and William Criss for the murther of Mrs. Mary Robinson particularly how they were discovered by a letter, from an unknown hand, and seized in their beds this morning at a powder-shop ... with their examination and committment to Newgate for the same, with the manner of the said barbarous action, &c. 1699 (1699) Wing A232; ESTC R3396 2,007 2

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