break open the Door of the House; he acknowledg'd to have been very wicked in keeping bad Company which prov'd his Ruin. I exhorted him to Repentance, by representing the terrible Wrath and Vengeance which was due to obstinate and incorrigible Sinners, and frequently us'd all possible Motives to persuade him to attend the publick Worship of God, but nothing could prevail, yet he declar'd himself penitent for his Sins, that he died in Peace with all Mankind, and that he believed in Christ through whose Merits he hop'd to be sav'd. Two or three Days before he died, he behaved himself with a more even Temper and Calmness in the Hold than he had done before.

SARAH GRIFFITHS< no role > , of St. Ann's Westminster , was indicted for Felony and Burglary, in breaking open a Box in the House of Daniel Turner< no role > , and taking thence a Silver Spoon, value 10 s. five Gold Rings, and 49 l. in Money on the 13th of September last , the Property of Daniel Turner< no role > aforesaid.

Sarah Griffiths< no role > , was as she said, 30 Years of Age, born at Bewly in Worcestershire , of mean Parents, her Father left her young, and her Mother took care of educating her at School, so that she understood the first Principles of Christianity indifferently well; when she was 14 or 15 Year old she went to Service, and was a faithful and laborious Servant , and had some Sense of Religion upon her Spirits, having several Times receiv'd the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper in the Country, (before she came to London ) about 7 or 8 Years ago, after she had committed the Robbery aforesaid, she fled to Worcestershire with Mr. Turner's Money, which she squander'd away most extravagantly upon Cloaths and luxurious living; she declar'd that she had always liv'd soberly and religiously, free from Whoring, Drinking, and Swearing, Vices generally incident to Women who are guilty of thieving, this being the first Crime she ever committed; she said it was a violent Temptation of the D - l, without thinking of the great Sin and Danger, which prompted her to commit such a vile Action; but the first who put it in her Head was a Woman who lodg'd in the House, who persuaded her with much Reluctancy to rob her Master, no doubt but in Hopes to get some of the Booty, in which she was disappointed, for Griffiths spent it all in fine Cloaths, &c. which now (as they writ from the Country to her) are sequester'd by the Lord of the Mannor, at least in his Hands, excepting one or two Guineas, and four of the Rings which her Master hath recover'd, the fifth Ring she having given it away to a Friend of hers a Shoe-maker. The Judgement of God was visibly seen upon her, for altho' she had stolen above 50 l. by the time she was taken, which was about four or five Weeks after, it was almost all wasted and spent in a luxurious Manner. While under Sentence she dispos'd of all her Cloaths for Necessaries of Life; and when she was recover'd from her Sickness, she was forced to be naked in the Hold with an old clouted Matt about her, which kept her from publick Worship, till within two or three Days of her Execution, when a Woman brought her a few of her own old Cloaths; she commended her Master and Mistress as good and kind People to her, in being so careful of her in her Sickness, a very short Time before she robb'd them. She acknowledg'd her great Ingratitude and Baseness in committing that Fact, and some Days before she died, express'd a great Desire to see them, to beg Pardon for the Injury and Injustice she had done them; she declar'd herself sorry and penitent for her Sins, that she heartily forgave the Injuries done her, as she expected Forgiveness from God, and that she believed in Jesus Christ our Lord, thro' whose Merits she expected eternal Life and Salvation.

N. B. The Silver Spoon in the Indictment, she said, she did not take, and as for the Money, she did not think there was so much of it, but added withal, that she never counted it.

At the Place of Execution,

THEY all behav'd with great seriousness and apparent Devotion, and had nothing to add to their former Confessions. When publick Prayers were ended, John Turner< no role > desir'd me to pray for him, he not having been able to stand to hear by reason of a violent Sickness upon him. I recommended him and the rest, to God by fervent Prayer, and concluded. They died, praying to God and crying to Jesus Christ to receive their Spirits. Johnson, the false Coiner, died in his Shroud, having been drawn from Newgate in a Sledge to the Place of Execution.

This is all the Account given by me,

JAMES GUTHRIE< no role > , Minister at Newgate .

London , Printed by JOHN APPLEBEE< no role > in Black-Fryers .