The Sham-Robbery: Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge on His Own Person, in Newbury, Near Essex Bridge, Dec; 19, 1816, With a History of His Journey ... Ebenezer Pearson, Whom He Maliciously Arrest

Excerpt from The Sham-Robbery: Committed by Elijah Putnam Goodridge on His Own Person, in Newbury, Near Essex Bridge, Dec; 19, 1816, With a History of His Journey to the Place Where He Robbed Himself; And His Trial With Mr. Ebenezer Pearson, Whom He Maliciously Arrested for RobberyWhen Aristotle was asked, what a man could gain by telling a falsehood he replied, Not to be credited when he speaks the truth.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.