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Aram, çala, 1759 (13  January  1832) Great Britain Assizes (York)Scratcherd, NorrisonThe trial of Eugene Aram for the murder of Daniel Clarke, of Knavesborough: who was convicted at York Assizes, August 5, 1759. To which are added the remarkable defence he made on his trial, his own account of himself written after his condemnation, with the apology, which he left in his cell for the attempt he made on his own life. Also, “The dream of Eugene Aram,” a poem, by Thomas Hood. 1759
(This is one of several versions of Aram's trial.)

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• 13  January  1832