the Justice, He will send you to Goal, and you shall be kept there till your Master comes to own you. Then said Cole, He may keep me there a thousand Years, for I have no Master in the World. Justice Beane said, he did not know whether he had or not, but he would keep him five Court Days, and if he was not owned then, the Sheriff should order him to be sold for four Years as a Runaway.

COLE said, this was a hard Case, for he had a Wife and Children in the Country; but he could not say, but that he was a Run-away from one Thing, for he had run a way from a Doctor's Bill, for killing his Wife and two Children, [if a Man cannot pay his Debts, they will sell him for a Slave till those Debts are paid] Then the Justice said, let him go about his Business; then Cole went to Bryan's House, and he advised him to go into the Army (for they were then raising Soldiers to go to the Island of Cuba) and that he would give him a Direction to go to a Gentleman in Richmond County< no role > ; this Cole accepted of, thinking it might be a Protection, though he had no Intention of going into the Army; on the other Hand, Bryan told him, if he had a Mind to go to England, there was one Captain Loney *, of the Frederick Pink< no role > , that lay at Brays-Church, in the Rappahanock River, and that Captain Loney would give 10 l. for the Run Home, to any Body that was a good Sailor. Cole told him, he heard there were pressing Times in England, and that he would rather go into the Land-Service. Bryan said, God bless you, do just as you will, and so they parted. Cole went on his Journey, and before he was well got out of Sight of Bryan's House, he met a Land Captain, who was raising Recruits: Said Cole, I suppose he was one who had killed a Rattle-Snake, and they had made him a Captain for so doing; then Cole returned again, and made the best of his Way to Naylor's-Hole, where there was a Ship lying; he went on Board her, and asked if they wanted a Jobber; they told him they did not want any, but directed him to Captain Loney, who asked him several Questions, because he had heard of an Advertisement, of such a Person running away from his Master; but he told him, he came from Mr. Boyd, in Puttuxent-River; then the Captain told him, he would give him six Pounds for the run Home; upon which, he hired himself to him; when he came to England, he was press'd out of Captain Loney's ? Ship, into the Scarborough Man of War, Captain Wm. Lisle, Commander, where he remained till he had an Opportunity to be sent up in a press'd Man's Room; and he was soon after, sent up in a New England Man; then he went to the Regulating Captain in Mark-Lane, and got a Ticket with an Order to go to the Clerk of the Cheque at Deptford, to receive fifteen Shillings Conduct-Money, in order to carry him down to the Scarborough, at Plymouth, or elsewhere; and then went on Board Captain Loney's Ship to receive his Wages, which were paid to him; and instead of going to his Majesty's Ship the Scarborough, he run away from the Service, (this was in September 1740) and then he fell into Company with some of his old Companions, and fell again into his former wicked Course of Life.

THE following contains a particular Account of the most remarkable Burglaries which he committed since his returning from Transportation, and are placed in order, according to the Time they were committed, as near as his Memory would permit. He seemed desirous, that the Buyers of stolen Goods should be detected, and punished: for if there were no Receivers, there would be very few Thieves, for then they would not know what to do with the Goods they got; and said, he hated the Practice now as much as ever he lov'd it.

IN those Burglaries, where it is not mentioned who the Goods were sold to, were sold to Bess Cane< no role > , a notorious Fence or Lock ?, who lives in Cross-Lane ; others he sold to Ann Collier< no role > This name instance is in set 3826. , in Black-boy Alley , Chick Lane .

IN last May was twelve Months, he met with Jack Exelby< no role > , who was capitally convicted, and afterwards reprieved for Transportation for 14 Years: Cole returned before him, they were * He insisted upon his Trial, that he was sold to Captain Loney, of the Frederick Pink< no role > .

? It will be four Years, come the 12th of August, since he was pressed out of Captain Loney's Ship.

? A Fence, or a Lock, is a Buyer and Receiver of stolen Goods. Cole says, Bess Cane< no role > removed out of Cross-Lane, upon, his Account, but since he has been convicted, she is returned there again.