The life, trial, confession, and execution of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate and murderer : executed on Bedloe's Island, New York Bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on board the oyster sloop E.A. Johnson : containing the history of his life (written by himself) from childhood up to the time of his arrest : with a full account of his piracies, murders, mutinies, high-way robberies, etc., comprising the particulars of one hundred murders! : to which is added the account of his arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution ; also, his phrenological character, as described by L.N. Fowler.

The life, trial, confession, and execution of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate and murderer : executed on Bedloe's Island, New York Bay, on the 13th of July, 1860, for the murder of Capt. Burr, Smith and Oliver Watts, on board the oyster sloop E.A. Johnson : containing the history of his life (written by himself) from childhood up to the time of his arrest : with a full account of his piracies, murders, mutinies, high-way robberies, etc., comprising the particulars of one hundred murders! : to which is added the account of his arrest, imprisonment, trial and execution ; also, his phrenological character, as described by L.N. Fowler.

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Author / Creator:Hicks, Albert W., approximately 1820-1860, defendant.
Imprint:New York : Robert M. De Witt, Publisher, 1860.
[Buffalo, New York] : William S. Hein & Co., [2007]
Description:1 online resource (84 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portrait.
Language:English
Series:HeinOnline New York legal research library
HeinOnline world trials
HeinOnline history of capital punishment
New York legal research library.
World trials library.
History of capital punishment.
Subject:
Hicks, Albert W., -- approximately 1820-1860 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
E.A. Johnson (Sloop)
Trials (Murder) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Trials (Piracy) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Pirates -- New York (State) -- Biography.
Electronic books.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Biographies.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10955524
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Trial of Albert W. Hicks for piracy on board the sloop Edwin A. Johnson : United States Circuit Court
Trial and confession of Albert W. Hicks, the pirate
Other authors / contributors:De Angelis, Lorenzo, active 1860.
Fowler, L. N. (Lorenzo Niles), 1811-1896.
United States. Circuit Court (New York : Southern District)
Notes:Trial in U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York, commencing May 18, 1860, for piracy.
"The Confession [p. 39-66] was made ... to me and Mr. G.W. Clackner, he writing down the statement ... [with corrections]"--Letter to New York times, July 12, 1860, signed: Lorenzo De Angelis.
Description based on PDF title page, viewed March 10, 2008.

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