viction, he never once miss'd the Prayers, or made an Excuse for not attending to the Service of God. He was very free, open and candid in answering most Questions that were proposed to him. But to a certain Person who ask'd him what Method he took in Coining, and wherein lay his Art? he reply'd, he could not see the Benefit or Usefulness of such a Question; tho' in some Cases, to make Discoveries might be advantagious to the World, yet in his it would surely be detrimental; and if he had any Art, it should die with him for the Good of his Country. Soon after his Conviction, he desired to receive the Sacrament, and that it might be repeated to him every other Day to the time of his Death. But a Belief being afterwards infused into his Mind, that it was not too late for him to hope for a Reprieve, if he would make a Discovery of other Persons concerned in Coining: he put off the continuance of the Sacrament, till he had better settled his Affairs, and could place his Thoughts upon God and Heaven alone; which did not happen till the Night before he suffered. Yet he said that he should not value a Reprieve upon his own Account, for the being a Slave abroad was no way preferable, in his Opinion, to Death; but the perplex'd and unsettled Condition he should leave his Wife in, if he so soon went out of the World, was what bore very heavy upon his Mind. But when the other Prisoners exclaim'd on account of the shortness of the Time allow'd them; He told them, they ought not to date the Time of their Preparation for Futurity from the Time of their Conviction, but from the Time of their Commitment to Prison, if not sooner, as all thoughtful Men did, and that if their Hearts were not changed in a Week, they would not in a Month. When a Person ask'd him about his Associates or Accomplices, he answer'd, that all he had to do was to send to two or three People to advise them to pursue closely the ways of Virtue and Honesty. The Day before he died, being Sunday, he earnestly desired that he might have the Prayers, the Sermon, and also the Sacrament administer'd in private, and not amidst the Crowd and Tumult of People who flock'd to the Chapel to see the Malefactors: he added, that he could not attend to the Service of God, if he was expos'd as a gazing-stock to hundreds of People during his Devotions. The Concourse of People was so great, that I found it necessary to administer the Sacrament to them in a Place near to the Chapel, to avoid the Crowd, agreeable to the Request of the Prisoners: In the Evening of the same Day I also gave the Sacrament to them and to Jon. Wild< no role > , according to their Desire.

4. JONATHAN WILD< no role > , of St. Andrew's Holborn , was Indicted for feloniously receiving of Katherine Stetham< no role > the Sum of 10 Guineas, on account of recovering for the said Katherine Stetham< no role > 11 pieces of Lace, which had been privately stolen in her Shop by Persons unknown, and not at the same time apprehending, or causing to be apprehended the Felons concern'd in the said Robbery, so that they might be brought to Justice; the Evidence being clear and full against him, the Jury found him guilty of the Indictment, and he receiv'd Sentence of Death accordingly. This Malefactor, after his Conviction, affirmed that he had fasted upwards of four Days, which, together with his Lameness and Indisposition, had render'd him unable to attend the Service of God in the Chapel. He endeavour'd to convince People, that at Wolverhampton he knew several Persons that would have proved his Friends, had he thought his Case dangerous, and timely applied to them; but as he had carried on the same Practices above a dozen Years, and was now growing old, he could not be made to believe he should suffer Death at last for what he had publickly done unpunish'd so long. But he was then told by a Gentleman, that he had artfully evaded the Law and escaped Justice, which Justice had some time since overtaken one Thompson, who was executed for carrying on such Practices but a very short time. He was also told that he ought to have taken warning when he was first of all committed Prisoner to the Compter, where he should have abserved the misery of vicious People, instead of learning their Ways, and endeavouring to understand them and their Practices, and afterwards associating with them: To this he reply'd, that his Business was doing good, in recovering lost Goods; that as he had regain'd Things of great Value for Dukes, Earls and Lords, he thought he deserved well. He also, before his Conviction, affirm'd that he had apprehended the greatest and most pernicious Robbers and Plunderers the Nation ever was molested by; as in particular Ragg, White, Thurland and Dun, for murdering Mrs. Knapp, and Robbing T. Middlethwait, Esq; James Lincoln< no role > and Robert Wilkinson< no role > for robbing and murdering Peter Martin< no role > , a Chelsea-Pensioner near Hide-Park Gate . James Shaw< no role > , convicted of murdering and robbing Mr. Potts by Jon. Wild< no role > , But apprehended by others: Humphry Angier< no role > for robbing Mr. Lewin, City-Marshal; John Lavie< no role > and Mat. Flood< no role > , for robbing Mr. Young and Coll. Cope; Richard Oakey< no role > , for robbing Mr. Betts near Fg Lane; John Sheppard< no role > This name instance is in set 3055. and Joseph Blake< no role > This name instance is in set 3091. , for breaking the House of Mr. Kneebone, &c. That in apprehending the above-mentioned Robbers, together with many others, he had Wounds and Scars still remaining in his Head, Body and Legs. He appeared to be very much disordered and confused in his Thoughts, which he said was owing to those Wounds, and in particular to two fractures in his Skull, which disordered his Brain, tho' cover'd with silver Plates. He never went to the