After his Conviction he pretended to make Discoveries with Regard to these iniquitous Practices; but when Enquiry was made, hewould say nothing to the Purpose; i.e. towards discovering who were the Principals concerned; and therefore he was taken no Notice of. But would he have been ingenuous in his Declarations, a vast Scene of such villainous Attempts upon the Rights of poor Seamen and their Executors, he was capable of discovering.

'Tis about six Years, he says, since he left off going to Sea, and has ever since been dealing this Way, by which he procured large Sums of Money; and scarce can any bad Way of Life be mentioned, that he has not had a Share in: A Gamester , a Sharper , and a Robber in every Denomination, he is known to have been; and long was his inglorious Reign before he met with his deserved Punishment.

He would never be persuaded to own he had been concerned in any forged or counterfeit Wills, Powers, or Probates, tho', to the Number of 64, he had Papers and Accounts of at the Time of his Commitment. Amongst the rest, was a Probate of the Will of James Codd< no role > , late belonging to his Majesty's Ship the Medway , in the East-Indies , Batchelor , deceased ; Mary Austin< no role > , Spinster , sole Executrix : James Codd< no role > was so happy as to return Home, and receive his own Money; and Andrews was baulked of this Attempt. Another was the Probate of the Will of John Barton< no role > , late belonging to the Medway , in the East-Indies , Batchelor , deceased ; Mary Austin< no role > , Spinster , sole Executrix . This also was discovered, and he dare not presume to stir any further to get the Money, as she had once before detected him.

It is not long ago since he was in Danger of being tried at Maidstone in Kent , being charged with forging a Letter of Attorney; upon which, he sent Instructions to one Mary Burrell< no role > , artfully directing her what she should swear, in case he should have been brought upon that Trial. There were several Women with whom he kept Company, and at Times employed in these Cases, as he had Occasion for them; but one of them at last proved a Tartar, and was too cunning for him.

After his being last taken up and committed, upon her Information, as well as I understand the Affair, in order to make a further Discovery of the Forgeries and Frauds that John Andrews< no role > had been concerned in, a Scheme was laid to dispatch a Person to Andrews, who was then a Prisoner in Wood-street Compter , charged with several Offences of that Sort, to acquaint him that a certain Justice had granted a Search Warrant to inspect his Lodgings in the said Prison, for false Wills and Powers, and that the Warrant was carried to the Lord-Mayor, in order to be back'd by him for that Purpose; this had its desired Effect, for as soon as he was informed of this, he was in the greatest Confusion, and very earnestly entreated the Messenger to assist him herein, and packed Abundance of Wills, Powers, &c. in a Basket, and desired him to carry them to a Person in the Minories, telling him that they were all the false Wills and Powers he had there; and charged him to go the most private Way to the Minories, for fear of the Papers falling into the Hands of the Persons, whom he supposed were on their Way to the Compter, to search as aforesaid, saying, that if he should meet with that Misfortune, he was inevitably ruined, and that he should certainly be hanged. The Papers were convey'd according to Andrews's Direction, and left there; which, when the Man had so done, he went to the Person who had instructed him to go to Andrews, as aforesaid, to acquaint him with what he had done; who, upon being acquainted therewith, was greatly enraged, because he had not brought the Papers to him; and dispatched him immediately to the House in the Minories, to get the Papers again; the Pretence for which was, that Andrews was apprehensive they were not safe there, because it was generally known that he corresponded with some Persons whose Abode was in that House. The Messenger went again accordingly, and brought the Papers to