Ordinary of Newgate Prison:
Ordinary's Accounts: Biographies of Executed Convicts
29th July 1751
THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c.
BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER and TERMINER, and Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden before the Rt. Hon.
FRANCIS COKAYNE< no role >
, Esq
; Lord-Mayor
of the City of London
, the Lord Chief Baron PARKER, Sir
MICHAEL FOSTER< no role >
, Knt
. Sir
THOMAS BIRCH< no role >
, Knt
.
RICHARD ADAMS< no role >
, Esq
; Recorder
, and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, and Justices of Gaol-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old-Baily
, on Wednesday the 3d
, Thursday the 4th
, Friday the 5th
, and Saturday the 6th of July
, in the Twenty-fifth Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN YOUNG< no role >
, ROBERT GLASCOW< no role >
, WILLIAM BROWN< no role >
, EDWARD DIXON< no role >
, THOMAS CATCHPOLE< no role >
, RICHARD HOLLAND< no role >
, DANIEL THOROWGOOD< no role >
, otherwise DAN the Baker
, THOMAS MASTERSON< no role > This name instance is in set 4265.
, JOHN THOMPSON< no role >
, otherwise GARRET LAWLER< no role > This name instance is in set 1435.
.
Their Behaviour has been since Conviction tolerable well, considering what Wretches they were. Lawler, Masterson, and Thorowgood, were profess'd Roman Catholicks
, and were visited as usual; the rest attended the Service of the Chapel, and for the most Part shew'd Marks of Contrition, and Sorrow for their past Offences.
On Wednesday the 24th Instant
, the Report of ten Malefactors was made by Mr. Recorder to his Majesty in Council, when he was pleased to order the eight following for Execution, viz. Robert Glascow< no role >
, William Brown< no role >
, Edward Dixon< no role >
, Thomas Catchpole< no role >
, Richard