 ... imprisonment. The news of this sentence having reached the accomplice in his retreat, he immediately returned, and surrendered himself to take his trial at the next assizes. The next assizes came ; but, unfortunately for the prisoner, it was a different...  The Wit and Wisdom of the Bench and Bar - Page 69by Frederick Charles Moncreiff - 1882 - 192 pagesFull view - About this book
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