THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Monday the 12th of this Instant September, 1726 , at Tyburn.

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Hon. Sir FRANCIS FORBES< no role > , Knt . Lord Mayor of the City of London ; the Hon. Mr. Baron Thomson, Knt. Recorder of the City of London; Mr. John Raby< no role > , Serjeant at Law ; and other his Majesty's Justices of Jail-Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, together with his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the said City of London, and County of Middlesex) at Justice-Hall in the Old Baily , on Wednesday the 31st of August , and on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, the 1st , 2d , and 3d of September, 1726 , in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Twelve Persons, viz. Six Men and six Women, were found guilty of Capital Offences, and receiv'd Sentence of Death.

While under Sentence, Elias Norcot< no role > , an old Man of 70 Years, who stood convicted of stealing three Geldings, appear'd very devout and sincere, but came not to Chapel above once or twice; and being confin'd to the Condemn'd Hold by reason of Sickness and old Age, he dy'd there of two or three Days indisposition, as also another was much of the time oppress'd with Sickness, but when he attended in Chapel he always to outward appearance seem'd sincere and attentive; as did Mrs. Turner, till being afflicted with Sickness she absented from the Publick Worship. The remaining nine were constantly present in Chapel, made their Responses regularly, and (as in Charity we may judge) took good heed both to the Prayers and Exhortations, only (as some who observ'd it told me) Benjamin Aldridge< no role > , a young Man, convicted for returning from Transportation, sometimes smil'd, shewing too much indifference when his eternal Salvation lay at Stake: And altho' they were more knowing in Religious Principles than frequently such miserable Miscreants use to be, yet that deep Concern which is necessary upon so important an Occasion did not appear; only some of the Women at times wept and fretted, when thinking of the Calamity they had brought upon their Children and Families, and their ignominious Death, more than the dangerous state their Souls were in, as was evident by their Carriage afterwards.

They were instructed in the only Method of obtaining Salvation by an unfeigned Faith in Jesus Christ, whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation thro' Faith in his Blood; they were shewn that it was absolutely necessary to repent of all their Sins, whether original or actual; of omission or of commission, particularly the heinous Sins any of 'em might have been guilty of, which (since now Divine Vengeance had overtaken them) troubled their Minds, or oppress'd their Consciences; and the Crime for which all of them suffer'd being the same, viz. Theft and Robbery, I told 'em, that whatever way Robbery was committed, whether openly by Force upon the Highway, or by Plundering of Houses; or privately by stealing Goods unknown to the Owner; that whether by any of those more common Ways, or by deceiving or cheating our Neighbour, or by receiving of Goods knowing them to be stolen; whatever of these ways one robb'd another, it was a Crime rendering a Man odious to God and Man, punishable by all Laws Divine and Humane, and in most Instances by the Laws of the Land with Death. I shew'd 'em the great Folly of such irregular Practices, the Thief seldom escaping without being discover'd, as may witness the many strange Discoveries that have been made of the craftiest Thieves. I also inform'd 'em in the Nature of the Christian Sacraments, and the strong Obligations they laid upon us to Holiness and Virtue.

Upon Tuesday the 6th of September , the Report of the 12 Malefactors under Sentence of Death was made to his Majesty in Council, when nine of them, viz. John Carter< no role > alias Cartwright< no role > , William Allison< no role > , Benjamin Aldridge< no role > , Jane Barret< no role > alias< no role > Holmes alias Frazier< no role > , Katherine Fitzpatrick< no role > alias Green< no role > alias Boswell< no role > , Sarah Lawson< no role > alias Turner< no role > , Mary Robertson< no role > , Frances Blacket< no role > alias Martin< no role > , and Jane Martin< no role > alias Floyd< no role > , were ordered for Execution, one having dy'd in the Condemn'd Hold before the Warrant came out; two of 'em, viz Edward Boswell< no role > , for taking a Boy's Hat valu'd at 18 d. and putting him in Fear, and George Turner< no role > , for robbing his Master of some Goods, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracios Reprieve.

When those included in the Dead Warrant lost all hopes of a Reprieve, then they began to appear more concern'd in preparing for their latter End, only some of the Women shew'd too much impatience and discontentment with their Lot. They who desire to know any thing further about their last Confessions and Behaviour, may read the following brief Narrative.

1. JOHN CARTWRIGHT< no role > , was indicted for stealing a Watch, three silver Spoons, and about 80 l. in Money, in the House of Mr. Chauvin.

John Cartwright< no role > , born in Yorkshire of honest Parents (as he said) 23 Years of Age, was put to School when young, and taught to Read and Write, and had acquir'd indifferent Knowledge of Christian Principles for one of his Station, having taken the Sacrament in the Country before he came up to London . He was not brought up to any particular Trade, but serv'd in the Business of Husbandry , or in Gentlemens Fa