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 Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right honourable Sir SAMUEL PENNANT< no role > , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; Sir THOMAS DENNISON< no role > , Knt . Sir THOMAS ABNEY< no role > , Knt . Mr. BARON CLIVE, RICHARD ADAMS< no role > , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, holden for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex, at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 6th , Thursday the 7th , Friday the 8th , Saturday the 9th , Monday the 11th , Tuesday the 12th, of December , in the 23d Year of his Majesty's Reign; JOHN EDWARDS< no role > , WILLIAM DAVIS< no role > , EDWARD SHERER< no role > , JAMES ALDRIDGE< no role > , THOMAS GOOD< no role > , ROBERT HICKSON< no role > , EDWARD DEMPSEY< no role > , PATRICK DEMPSEY< no role > , and WILLIAM TIDD< no role > This name instance is in set 1128. , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.

By Virtue of the King's Commission, &c. on Wednesday the 17th , Thursday 18th , Friday 19th , and Saturday 20th of January , in the 23d Year of his Majesty's Reign; DENNIS BRANNAM< no role > , WILLIAM PURCEL< no role > , HENRY WOOLFINGTON< no role > , JAMES HAMMOND< no role > , LAURENCE SAVAGE< no role > , MARY WOOD< no role > , and JOHN WALLER< no role > , were capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly.

The Behaviour of the nine convicted in December Sessions, has been without much Offence, seven of them regularly attended Chapel, unless prevented by Illness. The two DEMPSEYS being Papists were not suffered to attend, from pretended Reasons of a Faith, which those People are very tenacious of, tho' at the Bottom very uncharitable.