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EarlyAmerCrime

  1. #AmTransConvict 1746 Original March and Sarah Deacon for stealing 14 lbs of Hog's Bristles. amzn.to/tHLREQ about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
  2. Early American cant language: bet on time – to pay a gambling debt at a later time. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. about 6 hours ago via HootSuite
  3. #AmTransConvict 1731 William Twiss stole books on Plutarch, “Pyrates,” and 2 of Aphra Behn’s novels from a book stall. amzn.to/tHLREQ 3:15 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  4. Early American cant language: best – to cheat; to defraud. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 2:15 PM May 23rd via HootSuite
  5. Boston 1775: “Hung! Up by the Neck!” boston1775.blogspot.com/2012/05/hung-u… 9:35 AM May 22nd via Tweet Button
  6. #AmTransConvict 1767 Hans Knutson needed an interpreter at his trial for stealing clothes; said nothing in his defense amzn.to/tHLREQ 5:15 PM May 18th via HootSuite
  7. Early American cant language: bess or bets(e)y or betty – a simple picklock, such as a crooked nail. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 4:10 PM May 18th via HootSuite
  8. #AmTransConvict 1764 Mary Heather, for falsely testifying that John Meadows, who was acquitted, had raped her. amzn.to/tHLREQ 4:15 PM May 17th via HootSuite
  9. Early American cant language: Benjamin – a coat. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 3:10 PM May 17th via HootSuite
  10. #AmTransConvict 1742 James Emmett fell asleep in the afternoon with 2 women, and one, Sarah Creech, stole his watch. amzn.to/tHLREQ 3:15 PM May 16th via HootSuite
  11. Early American cant language: bene darkman – good night. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 2:10 PM May 16th via HootSuite
  12. New at EAC: Crime Poems: “That Notorious Cheat” goo.gl/fb/xdsbK 10:34 AM May 16th via Google
  13. #AmTransConvict 1731 Richard Warren stole and tried to sell a “She-Ass” grazing on the Tottenham High-Cross common. amzn.to/tHLREQ 2:15 PM May 15th via HootSuite
  14. Early American cant language: bene-cull – a good fellow. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 1:10 PM May 15th via HootSuite
  15. #AmTransConvict 1720 Mary Higgins asked for some pickled cucumbers in a shop and walked away with a silver taster. amzn.to/tHLREQ 1:10 PM May 14th via HootSuite
  16. Early American cant language: bener-cove – a better man. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 12:10 PM May 14th via HootSuite
  17. #AmTransConvict 1747 Peter Tickner & James Hodges aka Poison, for assembling with weapons in order to smuggle tea. amzn.to/tHLREQ 11:15 AM May 11th via HootSuite
  18. Early American cant language: bene-cove – a good man. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 10:45 AM May 11th via HootSuite
  19. #AmTransConvict 1746 Edward Lowry, for sneaking saws into Newgate Prison to free prisoners sentenced to transportation amzn.to/tHLREQ 10:15 AM May 10th via HootSuite
  20. Early American cant language: bene-bouse – good drink. #CrimeDict bit.ly/dr9CBg. 9:45 AM May 10th via HootSuite
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  • Bio An exploration of crime, criminals, and punishments from America’s past. By Anthony Vaver, author of Bound with an Iron Chain.
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