Shoes, &c. about 10 at Night, the 20th of April last .

This Prisoner, though he was a young Man, and had not been two Years in England , since his first departure at 14 Years of Age, had associated with a large Number of Youths who followed vicious Courses, and three other Indictments were at his Tryal preferr'd against him. But after his Condemnation, as he had not the least Expectation of a Reprieve, he carefully regarded his Duty. He said that his Relations being very poor, were able to give him and his Brother very little Education; but being decoy'd to America , and both sold together there into Servitude , he, after the Expiration of seven Years, improved himself, and recover'd his Reading, and while he continued at Philadelphia , a City in Pensilvania , he bought several good Books, and constantly went to the Church of England; and when he removed to another Planter's Estate, he frequented also the English Church at New Chester , tho' five Miles distant from his Master's House. But yet the Improvements he made there, did not appear to be so great as he imagin'd them; and as he mentioned his being in a Merchant-Ship , trading upon the West-India Coasts, where he was once taken Prisoner by Lowe the Pirate, and continued at Sea a considerable time, the Acquisitians he made before might be then lost. He farther said, that he was in his Majesty's Ship when Captain Fin, and the Pirates with him were taken Prisoners; and the Examples made of them Malefactors, ought to have been a Warning to him, as there he might have seen how the Judgments of God at last overtake presumptuous Offenders.

He own'd any Robberies which he committed and which he was ask'd about. What led him into those Practices, he said, was Necessity, not any Sollicitations; nor had he committed the Robberies on Mr. Walker, Mr. Colebin, Mr. Hilton, or Mr. Goulding, but in order to support his Friends, and especially his Wife, who (he added) is nigh the Time of her Travail, and destitute of almost all the Necessaries of Life.

2. ROBERT SANDFORD< no role > , of St. Giles in the Fields , was Indicted for assaulting P Goutier and J. Deblet, in the Way from Marybone , between seven and eight at Night, and robbing them of about 12 s. in Company with one James Little< no role > . The Evidence being full the Jury found Sandford guilty of the Indictment, and he received Sentence of Death, which was respited in relation to Little, in order to his making some farther Discoveries of his Accomplices. Robert Sandford< no role > , after his Condemnation, pretended he could have made much ampler Discoveries than Little; affirming that Little was concerned in few Robberies, or Assaults, except upon William Tottfield< no role > , William Tayler< no role > , and E. Tayler, and he was preparing an Information. But soon after his Conviction he was-seiz'd by Sickness, and continued in a weak Condition to the Time that he suffer'd Death. In his Sickness he loudly and earnestly call'd upon God, cry'd out upon his Crimes, and acknowledg'd the Justice of Heaven in laying those severe Agonies upon him for his debauched Course of Life, and the Train of Offences that he had committed.

3. ROBERT HARPHAM< no role > , was Indicted (together with Thomas Broom< no role > , whose Tryal is deferr'd till the next Sessions) for High-Treason, in counterfeiting the current Coin of this Kingdom: It appearing from the Deposition of William Fordham< no role > , that the Prisoner was possess'd of an Iron Press, two Dies for Guineas, two for Half Guines, &c. a cutting Instrument for forming the Blanks, and an edging Tool for indenting; which Instruments Mr. Pinkney depos'd could serve for no other Use than that of Coining: It appearing also that he had struck an Half-Guinea in the Presence of Mr. Hornby; and from the Deposition of Mr. Oakly and Mr. Yardly, that they had frequently Cast and Flatted a kind of mixt Mettal, of Copper, Brass, &c. for the Prisoner, to the Quantity of 20 or 30 Pounds at a time, &c. He was by the Jury found guilty of the Indictment, and receiv'd Sentence accordingly. Before his Condemnation, as he was ascertain'd he should be convicted, he provided many religious Books, to guide him in his Devotions, but employ'd himself most chiefly in the perusal of The Imitation of Jesus Christ. After his Conviction, he seem'd surpriz'd and shock'd at the Thoughts of continuing in the Condemn'd-Hold, till the time he was to die. He made a Resolution to fast, and receive only just as much Sustenance as wou'd support Life; which Resolution he resolutely maintain'd from the time of his Condemnation to that of his Execution. He desired that the Person who continued with the above-named Malefactors to read by them, might awake him each Morning at Three a-Clock, that he might early begin his Oraisons to Heaven; and at Twelve a-Clock each Night they concluded their last Devotions to recommend themselves to the Mercy and Protection of the Almighty. He very frequently express'd his Happiness in not lying under Condemnation with led, clamorous or profligate Men, who would neither regard their own Duty, nor allow others in the Observance of theirs; but that on the contrary his Misfortunes happen'd with such as were serious, attentive, and unoffensive in their Deportment; there being no interruption, unless the Torments of Sandford, occasion'd by his Sickness, might be an uneasiness to them. During the time that he lay under Con