had an itching after Game, and came often home naked, having gam'd away all his Clothes, which put his Mother to the Charge of new Ones, beside the great Vexation and Trouble, which was like to kill her. In Christmas Holydays, his Mother going to visit some Friends, he went along with her, but as he was going he run from her, and said he would meet her at home, or at their Friends House immediately. But after that his Mother saw him no more; for he went to meet his wicked Associates, and never appear'd 'till such Time as he was taken up for his Crimes, and brought before his proper Judges. His Friends blam'd Andrews, his Companion, for his Misfortunes, which he himself did not, but said they were all equally guilty and willing to go out, upon their dangerous and desperates Exploits. He own'd himself to have been a great Sinner, in Whoring, Drinking, Cursing and Blaspheming, and keeping of bad Company, particularly of an infamous Woman, with whom he convers'd and liv'd for the most part, after he left his poor afflicted Mother. He had some Thoughts of a Reprieve, but when all Hopes fail'd, he shed some Tears out of Fear, appearing before to have been too obdur'd and unconcern'd. He desired nothing of me but that I should not speak of, nor mention his Family, which I knew nothing of, and said he had no further Confessions. He hop'd to be sav'd through the Merits of Christ Jesus, he repented and was grieved for his Sins, and was in Peace with all Men.

Tho. Andrews< no role > , alias Anderson< no role > , Aged 19 Born in Worcestershire of Mean Parents. His Father having been a Labouring Man, came to London in quest of Business, where he soon Died, and left his Son very Young upon the care of his Mother who serves in Taverns. The poor Woman was very kind and tender of the Son, put him to School, and got him taught to Read, Write, and Cypher, to fit him for Business, and instructed him in religious Principles. When of Age, he did not go to any Trade, but serv'd and was a Porter in Taverns . He seem'd to be a well-disposed young Fellow, but was totally ruin'd by keeping Company with lew'd Women, and a set of vile Thieves who brought him to the Gallows. He own'd that he had been a proffligate young Fellow, in Whoring, Drinking, Swearing, Gameing, &c. Both Wych and he said they had only been engage in Highway Robberies, about a Months time at most, and that they had committed no more than what they were convicted for, and that the Evidence against them was all true, unless there might be a little variation in some small Circumstances: Wych denied not but that he fir'd a Pistol and frighten'd some of them whom he Robb'd, and both of them own'd that they had and used Pocket Pistols in their villainous Exploits, but said that none of them drew a Knife, or any sharp Weapon to threaten any Body on the High-way, as some of the Evidences testify against them. Both of them said they were equally Guilty, and that none of them