Execution broadside.- Australia.- cannibalism.- Extraordinary and Horrid Confession (The) of Alex. Pierce, an Irish Convict, who was executed ... for having murdered, and afterwards banqueting on the flesh of his fellow convict, printed broadside, crudely printed with partially obscured letters, a little soiled, laid on paper, c.380 x 160 mm., Nottingham, Ordoyno, [c.1824].*** Rare. Seemingly unrecorded. The confession of one of Australia's most infamous convicts. Originally from Ireland, he was transported to Van Dieman's Land (Tasmania) for stealing 6 pairs of shoes. Once in Australia, he was repeatedly in trouble before being transported to the more secure Macquarie Harbour Penal Station, from which he repeatedly escaped. His confession details multiple murders and cannibalism of fellow convicts during these escape attempts. Pierce's [Pearce] crimes appear to hold a morbid fascination, and have been the subject of several Australian and Irish tv and film dramas over the years.