The Life of David Haggart: alias John Wilson, alias John Morison, alias Barney M'Coul, alias John M'Colgan, alias Daniel O'Brien, alias The Switche

At one time, the name of David Haggart (1801–1821) was infamous throughout the English-speaking world. A Scottish rogue, he was a regular pickpocket, burglar, and shoplifter haunting towns, fairs, and racecourses all over Scotland; and sometimes, when things got too hot for him in Scotland, in Ireland. After he accidentally killed a turnkey in the Dumfries jail during an 1820 escape, and was eventually captured and condemned to death, between the trial and his execution he partly wrote, par...