The life, travels, exploits, frauds and robberies of Charles Speckman, alias Brown, who was executed at Tyburn on Wednesday 23d of November, 1763

The narrator delivers a first-person confession of a lifelong career in theft and deception, tracing early inclinations into crime, escapes and a succession of ruses and schemes carried out across England, Scotland, Ireland, North America, and the West Indies over about fifteen years. He catalogues dozens of episodes and methods, claims hundreds of thefts and frauds, and recounts travels, imprisonments, and execution-bound reflections. Framing the account as both atonement and public warning, he intersperses practical maxims and tips aimed at preventing or detecting sharpers while also expressing remorse.