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557): 'A Selection of the most remarkable Trials and Criminal Causes is printing in five volumes.
It will include all famous cases, from that of Lord Cobham, in the reign of Henry the Fifth, to that of John Thurtell; and those connected with foreign as well as English jurisprudence.
Mr. Borrow, the editor, has availed himself of all the resources of the English, German, French, and Italian languages; and his work, including from 150 to 200 of the most interesting cases on record, will appear in October next.
The editor of the preceding has ready for the press a _Life of Faustus, his Death, and Descent into Hell_, which will also appear early in the next winter.' [69] Did the poet, who had an interest in criminology, know of his father's quite innocent association with the Fauntleroy trial? [70] Another witness attained fame by her answer to the inquiry, 'Was supper postponed ?' with the reply, 'No, it was pork.' [71] I have already stated (ch.x.p.
111) that three members of the Thurtell family subscribed for _Romantic Ballads_.
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