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

BY Virtue of the King's Commission of the Peace, Oyer and Terminer, and Jail-delivery of Newgate , held before the Right Honourable Thomas Rawlinson< no role > , Esq ; Lord-Mayor of the City of London , the Lord Chief Justice Willes, Mr. Justice Dennison, Mr. Baron Smythe, William Moreton< no role > , Esq ; Recorder , and others of His Majesty's Justices of Oyer and Terminer of the City of London, and Justices of Jail-delivery of Newgate , for the said City and County of Middlesex , held at Justice-hall, in the Old Bailey , on Friday the 7th Instant, John Hamilton< no role > was capitally convicted, and received Sentence of Death immediately upon Conviction, pursuant to the late Act of Parliament to prevent Murders.

The next Day I visited and went to Prayers with him, which he seem'd to be attentive to. Upon talking with him afterwards, I found he was bred a Roman Catholick , and desired to dye such, and afterwards he was attended by a Gentleman of that Profession. He then positively denied the Murder, nay, even being present at it, and further declared, he had never done any Thing to deserve to be hang'd.