THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE, His ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, &c.

AT the King's Commission of Oyer and Terminer, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held (before the Rt. Hon . Daniel Lambert< no role > , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Rt. Hon. Lord Chief Justice Willes, the Hon. Sir John Strange< no role > , Knt . Recorder of the City of London ; the Worshipful Mr. Serjeant Urlin, Deputy-Recorder; and others his Majesty's Justices for the said City, and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate, and County of Middlesex) at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey , on Friday, Saturday, and Monday, the 28th , 29th , and 31st of August , and Tuesday, the 1st of September, 1741 , and, in the Fifteenth Year of His Majesty's Reign.

Four Men, viz James Hall< no role > , John Stevens< no role > , alias Henry Cook< no role > , Joseph Hudson< no role > , and Patrick Bourn< no role > ; and three Women, viz. Mary White< no role > , alias Shays< no role > , or Shields< no role > , alias Ryan< no role > , Mary Harris< no role > , alias Murphey< no role > , and Elizabeth Hardy< no role > , were by the Jury found guilty of capital Crimes and received Sentence of Death.

James Hall< no role > being guilty of so notorious a Crime, as the Murder of his own Master, was ordered for Execution by himself, two Days before the rest of the Malefactors, and, for an Example (the Place near the Inn being too narrow) he was ordered to be executed at the End of Catherine street , in the Strand , near the New Church .

While under Sentence, besides the Prayers and Instructions with the rest of the Malefactors, James Hall< no role > was particularly exhorted to reflect on the soul, the monstrous Crime he had been guilty of, the Murder of his own Master! A Gentleman whose Bread he daily received, whose Bounty and Indulgence he had often experienced, and whose good Offices he was ever sure of; and, after all, the Requital he made, was to take away that Life, which 'twas impossible for him again to restore: In Robbery there may be some Reparation, but in Murder there can be none; the Loss of Life stagnates all; 'tis the greatest Crime Man can commit; Barbarity to the last Degree, and calls aloud for Vengeance, for Whoso sheddeth Man's Blood, by Man shall his Blood be shed. 'Twas represented to him, how little Expectation such a Man had for Mercy, who would give none; but, as nothing was impossible with God, he was desired to cry out with holy David, Deliver me from Blood Guiltiness, Oh God! thou God of my Salvation, and my Tongue shall sing aloud of thy Righteousness, Psalm 51. 14.