The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" [pseud.] . ling a hare, warned himnot to commit a similar offence again. ]\Ir. Campbill apologised for tlietrespass of which he had been guilty, and excused himself by stating thathe was in search of smugglers, and tliat having suddenly started the hare,he was su
The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" [pseud.] . ling a hare, warned himnot to commit a similar offence again. ]\Ir. Campbill apologised for tlietrespass of which he had been guilty, and excused himself by stating thathe was in search of smugglers, and tliat having suddenly started the hare,he was surprised, and without thinking, he shot it. Tlie ill-will whichwas raised in his lordships mind by this eirc\imstance, was in nowiseremoved by some ])roceedings which ^Ir. Campbell was compelled to takeagainst Bartleymore, one of his servants, for smuggling ; and it appearsthat his lordslii])s death was eventually attributable to the steps which hetook at the instigation of this very person. About ten in the? morning of the 2-1 tli of October 1769, Campbell tookhis gun, and went out with another oflieer, with a view to detect smugglers.]\Ir. Campbell took with him a licence fur shooting, which had been givenliim by Dr. Hunter, though they had no particular design of killing anygame, but intended to shoot a woodcock if they should see THE NEW NEWGATE CALENHAIt. 925 Tlu-y rrossed a small part of Lord EijHntons cHtato, in order to rraclitill- sea-shon, wlun- they intended to walk ; bnt wlien they arrived at thissiMit it was near noon, and Lord E^linton came np in his coach, attendedhv Mr. Wilson, a carpenter, who was working for him, and followed byfour servants on horseback. On approaching the coast his lordshi]) metIJartleymore, who told him that there were some poachers at a Wilson wouhl have endeavoured to draw off his lordships notice fromsuch a business; but Hartleymore saying that Campbell was among thepoachers. Lord Eglinton quitted his coach, and mountin
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