for stealing above 60 l. in Money from his Master. Thomas Morris< no role > for stealing Leather to the value of 16 l. from his Master. Sarah Williams< no role > , alias Newel< no role > , for stealing from a Man in a House 8 l. 13 s. 6 d, receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve. The remaining Two, viz. William Miller< no role > , for a Highway-robbery, and Robert Haynes< no role > for Murder, were order'd for Execution. Miller, who had been kept between Sessions, when account was given him that he was to die, did not seem to be much alter'd, but submissive to the Will of God, having been all the time apparently devout and Penitent. Haynes, while he attended at Chappel, was very grave and attentive both at Prayers, and Exhortations. I visited him in his most miserable Condition, he declar'd himself a true Penitent, continuing in the same frame, after the intimation of the Report being made to his Majesty and the near approach of his Death.

WILLIAM MILLER< no role > was Indicted for assaulting Nicholas Bourn< no role > on the Highway, and taking from him a Coat and Hat, December 4.

William Miller< no role > , as he said, about 26 Years of Age, was born at Newcastle upon Tyne , of honest Parents, who had a regard for Religion, and gave him a good Example, instructing him in the Principles of Christianity, and giving him Education for other things suitable to his Station. When of Age, his Father put him out seven Years Apprentice to a Tradesman at Anwick , where he serv'd five Years and a Half, with much difficulty, because of his Master's unkindness and cruelty to him, he having been so very hard upon him, that, as he said, it was impossible for him to serve out his whole Time; so leaving his Master, he went about the Country and wrought as a Journeyman with a Master, who shew'd him very much kindness, but when he heard that he had not serv'd his 'Prenticeship out, he would not employ him, unless with the good will of his old Master; and meeting with the same treatment from several others, he at last came to London , since no Body would give him Business at Home. When he came to London he took to be a Soldier, and fled from his Colours, and with difficulty got his Officers reconcil'd to him again, without Prosecuting him capitally for Desertion. About this time he married a Woman, whose former Husband is still alive; which Woman (as he said) was a great Drunkard, and what by extravagantly spending, or by her Husband a Blacksmith, not to molest, but suffer her to live peacebly with him, she kept him always miserably Poor, so that his Employment of Basket-making , which Trade he had learn'd from her Father since he came to London, could not maintain them; for which Reason, after he had liv'd several Years with the Woman, by whom he had a Child of 5 or 6 Years of Age, who came several times to Chappel with the Mother to visit him, and for whom he express'd no small Concern, saying he would send her down to his Relations for Education, he deserted her, and took up with another Woman, whom he also married in his way, and who being the last Wife, came often to visit him, whom he commended as very dutiful and careful of him. There was also a third Woman with whom he had cohabited for some time before any of the other two, this he would acknowledge, but could not positively deny it. He own'd himself to have been a very great Sinner, in drinking to Excess, Whoring, Swearing, and addicted to many notorious Vices; but the occasion of all this he said was his loosing a Horse of his Masters, with whom he was Apprentice, although his Friends paid the Price of it to him, he could never forgive him, but frequently beating him unmercifully; and at last he growing stronger than his Master, and not enduring such cruel Treatment, beat him by turns and left him; upon which follow'd the pitiful Catastrophe of his Life formerly mention'd. He denied himself ever to have been guilty of any capital Crime, excepting the single Act for which he died, and that he never intended to commit a Robbery, frequently saying, that he believed the Devil possess'd him to do such an Action, which he did not think himself capable of Perpetrating, had he not been very Drunk.

As to the particular Fact for which he was Indicted, he own'd that he robb'd the poor Man of his Coat and Hat, as was sworn by himself and another Witness or two, but that he only took one Half-penny, and that he did not draw his Bayonet upon the Man that he robb'd on the High-way, but that he only drew it upon the Watchman, who was the second Evidence against him, when he knock'd him down with his Pole, upon whom also he reflected, calling him a base Fellow, adding, that it was only for the Reward of taking Robbers, that he swore so against him, having done so against several others whom he had Convicted upon the like account, and that he could not see him, when he robb'd the Man, as he Swore, having been at too great a distance.

I told him that altho' the Crime for which he suffer'd was but small, with respect to the value of the things taken, yet the Guilt was equal as if he had taken a Thousand Pound, which he would not have fail'd to do, had the poor Man been possess'd of so much; but that the heinousness of his Crime consisted in assaulting and offering to Murder one upon the HIGHWAY, without any provocation, upon such a devilish and villanous Intent. I represented to him however little the Crime might be for which he suffer'd, yet for the continued tract of a desperately wicked course of Life, God had now