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

BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, OYER, and TERMINER, and Goal-Delivery of Newgate, held before the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT LADBROKE< no role > , Knight , Lord-Mayor of the City of London ; the Right Honourable the Lord Chief Justice LEE, the Honourable Mr. Baron CLARKE, the Honourable Mr. Justice BIRCH; JOHN STRACEY< no role > , Esq ; Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of OYER and TERMINER, for the City of London , and Justices of Goal-Delivery of Newgate , holden for the said City, and County of Middlesex , at Justice-Hall in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday the 20th , Thursday the 21st , Friday the 22d , Saturday the 23d, of April in the 21st Year of his Majesty's Reign ;

The four following Persons were Capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death accordingly; viz.

I. JUDITH BUTLER< no role > , otherwise Ogden< no role > of St. Paul's Covent-Garden , was indicted for Stealing twenty-eight Pounds in Money, the Property of William Finch< no role > in his Dwelling-House, March 26 . It appeared on her Trial that the Prosecutor who kept a Public-house ; hired her for a Servant , and that she took an Opportunity frequently to rob him of several Sums of Money. She confess'd to a Person in New-Prison that she had robb'd her Master at different Times of twenty-eight Pounds: which Confession being prov'd, she was by the Jury found Guilty. Nevertheless,the Jury recommended her to the Court, as there was no Evidence against her but her own Confession. But she pleaded her Belly, and a Jury of Matrons being impannell'd, they were all sworn, and after some little Time being out, they came into Court, and brought in their Verdict, with quick Child .