George Morris< no role > of 8s. and putting them in bodily fear of their lives, on the 24Januarylast; for which he was condemned. He was also indicted for a robbery, with one James Taylor< no role > , on William Parran< no role > , taking from him one pair of silver shoe-buckles, one silk handkerchief, valued 12d. one tobacco-box tipt with silver, valued 18d. and 20s. of money: for which he received sentence of death.

After his condemnation he always denied the fact, and said, he never wronged any man in his life. The first time I spoke with him, he thought it very hard, that he should die for a crime of which he was no ways guilty. I said, You are like Apollodorus, a friend of Socrates, who expressed his grief for his dying innocent; "What!" replied the Philosopher, with a smile, "would you have me die "guilty?" I shewed him the comfort and power of a good conscience, and how it would support him to the last; but, as he was a sinner in many other respects, he must of necessity repent thereof, or perish eternally. So I heard no more of that complaint. But he could not come up to that Christian duty of Forgiveness of his enemies, who (he said) for the lucre of the reward, had sworn his life away, till he heard of the confession and discovery of Bray, and the respite of the sentence of death by his Majesty: then he was of another mind towards them.

On the 10th of June, John Stracey< no role > , Esq ; Recorder of the city of London, made his report to his Majesty of the said three malefactors; and it appearing by several affidavits, that he the said William Watson< no role > was not concerned in the said robberies, but that the same were committed by one William Bray< no role > and his accomplices, as appeared by oath of the said William Bray< no role > before the Honourable Court of Kings Bench at Westminster , and set forth in the information and voluntary confession of the said William Bray< no role > , made and sworn to before the Worshipful James Fraser< no role > This name instance is in set 3480. , Esq ; one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace , for the county of Middlesex and the city and liberty of Westminster ; his Majesty was most graciously pleased to respite his sentence of death for six weeks,, in order that the truth thereof may more fully appear.