the Court were unwilling immediately to order him to the Punishment which the Law directs on such Occasions, but order'd the Sentence should be read to him, and indulg'd him with Time to consider of it; the Preamble is a follows:

" That the Prisoner shall be sent to the Prison from " whence he came, and put into a mean House stopt from " Light, and there shall be laid upon the bare Ground, without any Litter, Straw or other Covering, and without " any Garment about him, saving something to cover his " Privy Members; and that he shall lie upon his Back, and " his Face shall be covered, and his Feet bare; and that one " of his Arms shall be drawn with a Cord to one Side of the " House, and the other Arm to the other Side, and that his " Legs shall be used in the same Manner; and that upon his " Body shall be laid so much Iron and Stone as he can bear, " and more; and that the first Day after he shall have three " Morsels of Barley Bread, without any Drink, and the " second Day he shall drink so much as he can three Times, " of the Water which is next the Prison Door, saving running Water, without any Bread, and this shall be his Diet " until he die.

The next Morning he considered of all ill Consequence which would attend his Obstinacy, and pleaded Guilty to the Indictment.

James How< no role > , alias Harris< no role > , 37, or 38 Years of Age, born (as he said) at Windsor , of honest Parents, who gave him good Education in reading, writing, and other things needful to be known, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in the Christian Religion, which in the latter Course of his Life was the least of his Study. When of Age, he was of such an extravagant Temper, that he did not apply himself to any particular Business or Employment, till at length to screen himself from the Imputation of Idleness, he went to Sea , and there being of a robust Body and fit for hard Labour, he behav'd himself indifferently well, and to the Satisfaction of his Officers, and got some little Preferment among the Seamen, and (as he said) if he had cultivated the Favour of his Officers, particularly the Admiral, in whose Ship he was, he had a fair Prospect of further Preferment: But not loving to be confined to any particular Business, he chose rather to come home, and take himself to his rambling way of living upon Purchase, as judging it easier to rob another of a good round Sum at once, than to be oblig'd to earn his Bread in an industrious and honest Way. He had been several Times taken up and imprison'd, upon Suspicion of stealing and thieving, he being dextrous at breaking open Houses, and picking all manner of Locks, when he had got in. He was a Prisoner in Newgate some Years ago, and being then under Sentence of Transportation, he forg'd a Letter, as from a noble Lord to a Gentleman of Honour, desiring him to be set at Liberty to serve as a good Hand on Board of one of his Majesty's Ships, but the Imposture being discover'd before he got out of Prison, he was order'd to Clerkenwell Bridewell , to work at hard Labour there for two Years, but there they would not receive him, as believing him to be of a sturdy and ungovernable Temper, who would be forming Means for his Escape, whereupon he was return'd back again and confin'd in Newgate , during that Time or longer for this Villany.

This Forgery (as he said) was done by the Advice and Contrivance of two others. He own'd, that he had been profoundly Wicked from his Childhood, having been disobedient to his Parents, and unwilling to comply either with their Advice or the Council of his Friends, who wish'd him well; but being of an ungovernable, unweildy Temper, and addicting himself wholly to Covetousness, he would not keep himself in good Service, nor any Business; but still follow'd his old Trade of Thieving and Robbing, which brought him in the readiest Gain. Besides the Robbery of which he was convicted, which he confess'd judicially; he own'd that he had committed many more, he having had no other way of maintaining himself and his Family, but by the Purchases he made that way: And among others he affirm'd, that he was the Person who robb'd Mrs. Dawson in Wapping , of the Plate, Money and Papers, of which Robbery Eleanor Reddey< no role > was convicted, upon her own Confession, and upon her swearing it against William Read< no role > as her Accomplice, who was acquitted. He said, that he had several Papers of Mrs. Dawsons, and some of her Plate, which he offer'd to restore, if she would procure a Reprieve, either for himself, or for his Fellow Convict, Eleanor Reddey< no role > . I told him, that I believ'd it was not in her Power to do either of these Things, and that if he did not restore these stollen Goods to Mrs. Dawson, when it was in his Power, he could not die in Peace of the Church, and that (as Men would most justly judge according to the Tenor of the Gospel) he left the World at Enmity with God, and declar'd himself a Reprobate, as dying finally Impenitent. Whatever Arguments or Reasons could be advanced that way, he persisted obstinate. I seriously exhorted him to Repentance, and in Testimony thereof to do Justice to those he had injur'd, to the utmost of his Power. He answer'd in a civil Manner, but with an inflexible peremptory Obstinacy. He seem'd to have been a Fellow of good Understanding, and capable of good Business, if he had not employ'd his Wit in the Service of the Devil, and to the worst of Purposes. I reprov'd him also for using undecent and virulent Expressions against Persons, who were not so favourable to him as he thought they might have been, and whom it no ways became him to reproach in such a Manner, and he not having those Signs of true Repentance which were requisite. A little before he died he began to relent and turn more Flexible, but it is to be feared, that it was only in Point of Civility and good Manners, which was all I could make of it.

The Night before he died, he appear'd more Penitent and Contrite than formerly; and after many Intreaties and pressing Reasons us'd, he gave to me a large Box full of Papers belonging to Mrs. Dawson, which he desir'd me to keep carefully, they being of considerable Value, and restore them to the proper Owner. Since he made Restitution of part of what was stollen, I urg'd him to restore the Plate also; that he said he could not do, for that it was dispos'd off, and he knew not how to recover it. He died professing Penitence, Faith in Christ, and that he was in Peace with all the World. He said that he could not die with Peace in his Mind, till he gave some kind of Satisfaction to Mrs. Dawson.

Griffith Owen< no role > , Samuel Harris< no role > , and Thomas Medlin< no role > , were Indicted for Assaulting Richard Barker< no role > on the Highway, puting him in Fear, and taking from him five Pound in Money, on the 3d, of July last .