his Parents, and bound Apprentice to an Apothecary in Porters-street near Newport-Market in Sohoe : That when he had serv'd a little above two years of his Time, his Master failing, he return'd to his Parents: That some time after he went to Sea, and was Servant to a Surgeon on board a Man of War , viz. the Yarmouth, a Third-Rate Ship, of which the Commander (Capt. Lumley) to whom he was known, was very kind to him: That when he had been 4 years on board that Ship (which was a that while employ'd in cruising about the Coast of Great Beitain) he came home again, with Purpose to settle himself in some business at Land, and so he try'd to practise Surgery ; and he writing a good Hand, was sometimes employ'd by some Gentlemen at Doctors-Commons, and others belonging to the Six-Clerks Office (who knew him) to write for them, they paying him by the Sheet: But neither of these two Employments, viz. Surgery and Writing (in which he had no constant business) being sufficient to maintain him and his Wife, he was reduc'd to Poverty, which encreasing daily, he unhappily betook himself (for the getting Relief) to those ill Courses that prov'd his Shame, and Ruin at last. He confess'd, he had been a notorious Offender, and done many Injuries to his Neighbour, which (to his great Grief) he was not able to repair; and he own'd particularly (a thing so palpable, and so well known to the World as not to be conceal'd) That he was once condemn'd for stealing a Silver-Tankard out of the House of Mr. John Egglesfield< no role > , on Decemb.23, 1714 . Here he mightily bemoan'd his having so much abus'd the Mercy of a Pardon which he obtain'd for that Fact, and which he pleaded at the Old-baily on Saturday the 6th of August last ; but withal he said, he had endeavoured to comply with the Condition of that Pardon; which was, That he should within 6 months transport himself out of the Kings Dominions in Europe; and in order thereto had got a Letter of Recommendation from a Gentleman belonging to Doctors-Commons, to a Governor of one of His Majesty's Plantations in the West-Indies, and with that Letter went to Bristol , in hopes of getting a Ship there for his passage; but finding none, he join'd himself to a Company of Strolers, and acted with them, sometimes by the Day, for which he had 3 s. and sometimes by the Week for 20 s. at Bristol , Bath , &c. Then he return'd to London , and likewise to his old way of Thieving; for about 2 months since going to the Castle Tavern in Fleet street , he stole thence a Silver-Porringer, which a certain Person (whom he would not name) dispos'd of. And now he was under this Condemnation, being perswaded that, in order to his Repentance and Salvation, it was necessary he should, so far as possible, make Restitution and Satisfaction to the Persons he had wrong'd, he sent to Mr. Tash, who keeps that Tavern, to acquaint him with it; and tho' he could not restore the Porringer, yet he did other ways make him what Amends he could for it. He also freely acknowledg'd his Guilt of the Fact he now stood condemn'd for, and of the Felony he was convicted of at the same time, which was his stealing 3 Silver-Spoons out of Mr. Edward Rogers< no role > 's House, the Nags-head Tavern in Cheapside , on the 13th of December last ; and he pray'd GOD and the Persons he had wrong'd to forgive him, who was now truly sensible of, and sorry for, all his past Follies, wishing he had been wiser. He desir'd all young Men and others to take Warning by him, and follow a better Course of Life than he had done, that so they might prevent such a shameful and untimely Death as he was now to suffer.

5. Thomas Helph< no role > , condemn'd for breaking open the House of the Reverend Mr. David Duncombe< no role > , and stealing thence a Hat, a Common-Prayer-Book, with 3 Pewter Dishes, some Plates, Candlesticks, and other Things, on the 7th instant . He said, he was 19 or 20 Years of Age (he could not be positive which) born at Bridgewater in Somersetshire : That, when he was very Young, his Friends brought him up to London , and left him in the Care of a Kinsman of theirs, a Plaisterer, with whom he liv'd 13 Years, in the Parish of St. Mary, Whitechappel : That this Relation of his sent him to School, and took Care of his Education, and then put him to work at his Trade; which having learnt, he went down into the Country among his Friends, where he found some Employment, working for a whole Twelve-month together with a Plaisterer . Afterwards returning to London , he fell into bad Company, which debauch'd him; particularly one Richard Goulding< no role > , who entic'd him into the