THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE his ACCOUNT, Of the Behaviour, Confession, and dying Words of the Malefactors, who were Executed on Monday the 13th, of this Instant February, 1727 , at Tyburn.

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Right Honourable Sir JOHN EYLES< no role > , Knt. and Bart. Lord Mayor of the City of London Honourable Mr. Justice Fortescue, the Honourable Mr. Baron Carter, Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and 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, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, being the 7th, 8th, 9th, and 10th, and Wednesday the 14th of December, 1727, in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign.

At the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Honourable Sir John Eyles< no role > , Knt. and Bart. Lord Mayor of the City of London, the Honourable Sir Thomas Pengelly< no role > , Knt. Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer, the Honourable Mr. Justice Reynolds, the Honourable Mr. Justice Denton, the Honourable Mr. Baron Thompson, Recorder of the City of London, and John Raby< no role > , Serjeant at Law, and other his Majesty's Justices of Jail-Delivery, and Oyer and Terminer aforesaid, together with several of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, for the said City of London) held at Justice-Hall, in the Old-Baily, on Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Wednesday, being the 13th, 14th, 16th, and 18th of January, 1727 , in the Thirteenth Year of his Majesty's Reign.

Five Persons, viz. Three Men, John Morgan< no role > , alias Morley< no role > , Robert Haynes< no role > , and Thomas Morris< no role > , and Two Women, viz. Mary Smith< no role > , alias Randall< no role > , and Sarah Williams< no role > , alias Newel< no role > , being capitally Convicted by the Jury, were sentenced to Die. Mary Smith< no role > , alias Randall< no role > , pleading her Belly, the Jury of Matrons found her Pregnant.

They were instructed in the most essential and necessary Points of the Christian Faith, (several of them having been ignorant of these Principles, which ought to be known by them who expect Salvation by Christ Jesus) that Man having fallen from the highest Degree of Glory and Integrity our Nature is capable of upon Earth, had thrown himself into the extremity of Misery, by revolting from the obedience due unto his Creator, and disobeying his holy Laws; yet then being precipitated into his abyss of desolation of Ruin, God out of his meer Good-will and infinite condescending Goodness, was pleased to take pity upon the Sons of Men, by promising the blessed Seed the Messias Christ Jesus, who in the fullness of time should take upon himself the human Nature, and therein suffer and die for our Sins, rise again for our Justification and ascend into Heaven, to plead at the right Hand of God the Father for the Pardon of them. From this I shew'd them the necessity of Faith in Christ, Repentance unto Life, Love to God, (that whereas formerly they had been the Servants of Sin unto Unrighteousness, now they should endeavour, by the grace of God, to become the obedient Servants of Righteousness, unto Holyness,) and all other saving Gifts and Graces of God's holy Spirit, which only could make them Wife unto Salvation.

While these and such like Exhortations were given them, they appear'd devout and serious, tho' not so much concerned as might be thought Requisite for Persons approaching so very near to their latter end. All, excepting Miller and Cromy, the Woman, for the most part of the long Time they lay under Sentence, were either afflicted with Sickness in their Holds, or perhaps sometimes not very willing to attend publick Worship in Chappel; but when I visited them, they still pretended to be true Penitents, and that they had taken Resolutions of a new Life, being heartily grieved for their former Offences, particularly, those for which they then suffer'd much Shame and Sorrow.

Upon Wednesday, the 8th of February , the Report of the said Malefactors being made to his Majesty in Council Jane Cromey< no role > , for a Street-robbery, Grace Baldwin< no role > for robbing out of her Master's Shop to the value of 6 l. Edward Rowland< no role > for Horse-stealing, Morgan, alias Morley,