On 4th August 1749, smuggler Uriah Creed was executed after joining an armed gang landing contraband tea on the Kent coast. Once an honest labourer, he became an outlaw, lived under an alias in Essex, and was finally captured after calmly surrendering, admitting he was “already a dead man.”
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The Night Before: 22 October 1781 — The Thief in the Alehouse
On the night of 22 October 1781, John Tucker stole a silver watch from a fellow drinker in a London alehouse. Tried at the Old Bailey two days later, he was transported for seven years. This vivid retelling captures the perils of alehouse friendship and Georgian justice.
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