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An Authentic Account of the Trials etc, of the Five Malefactors,
(including George Allen, alias Powditch)
who were Executed at Kennington-Common, on Monday 23 April, 1770,
for the Robberies they had committed in the County of Surrey.
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This section is devoted to a most fascinating social document
which relates to several individuals in 18th century London.
In particular, the contents of the document make reference to one
George Allen, alias Powditch
who (intentionally or otherwise) made his mark in History  
through committing several Crimes,
breaking free from various Gaols,
swearing at a Judge,
and generally having a negative attitude towards 'authority'.

George's ultimate demise, like many of his fellow men during that period,
was to be 'hung from the neck until he was dead'


Please click on the title below
to enter the world of
George and his fellow prisoners
or, for more details, the following
will provide some interesting in-
depth background information.
Book:
Mckenzie, Andrea, 'This Death
Some Strong and Stout Hearted
Man Doth Choose': The Practice of
Peine Forte et Dure in Seventeenth-
and Eighteenth-Century England.
Law and History Review 23.2 (2005):
43 pars. 11 Jan. 2006

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An Authentic Account of the Trials etc, of the Five Malefactors,
(including George Allen, alias Powditch)
who were Executed at Kennington-Common, on Monday 23 April, 1770,
for the Robberies they had committed in the County of Surrey.
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