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The life, travels, exploits, frauds and robberies of Charles Speckman, alias Brown, who was executed at Tyburn on Wednesday 23d of November, 1763

Chapter 3: Transcriber’s Notes
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The narrator delivers a first-person confession of a lifelong career in theft and deception, tracing early inclinations into crime, escapes and a succession of ruses and schemes carried out across England, Scotland, Ireland, North America, and the West Indies over about fifteen years. He catalogues dozens of episodes and methods, claims hundreds of thefts and frauds, and recounts travels, imprisonments, and execution-bound reflections. Framing the account as both atonement and public warning, he intersperses practical maxims and tips aimed at preventing or detecting sharpers while also expressing remorse.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • pg 13 Changed: he was sitting in the parlour, sombody came in
    to: he was sitting in the parlour, somebody came in
  • pg 13 Changed: there was a watch stolen, so stoped
    to: there was a watch stolen, so stopped
  • pg 15 Changed: for several days and nights; aad
    to: for several days and nights; and
  • pg 18 Changed: I dared to continue any intercouse
    to: I dared to continue any intercourse
  • pg 19 Changed: my commiting such a rash action
    to: my committing such a rash action
  • pg 26 Changed: credit every where; but being disatisfied
    to: credit every where; but being dissatisfied
  • pg 27 Changed: about thirty miles from the the places
    to: about thirty miles from the places
  • pg 30 Changed: till my money was all exausted
    to: till my money was all exhausted
  • pg 32 Changed: the the milliners and others
    to: the milliners and others
  • pg 34 Changed: I went to a miliner’s
    to: I went to a milliner’s
  • pg 38 Changed: meeting with the master of the the Crown inn
    to: meeting with the master of the Crown inn
  • pg 39 Changed: I answered her in the affirmitive
    to: I answered her in the affirmative
  • pg 41 Changed: by the persuation of a certain person
    to: by the persuasion of a certain person
  • This book uses goal instead of gaol throughout.