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<p n="10">THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT OF <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n10-1">John Girle</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n10-2">William Cannicott</rs>
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<p n="11">BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n11-1">Slingsby Bethell</rs>
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, esq; <rs type="occupation" id="OA17560920_occ2">lord mayor</rs>
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of the city of <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo4">London</rs>
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, lord chief baron Parker, Mr. justice Birch, Mr. justice Wilmot, <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n11-2">Sir William Moreton</rs>
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, knight, <rs type="occupation" id="OA17560920_occ3">recorder</rs>
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, and other of his Majesty's justices of jail-delivery for the city of <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo5"> <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo6">London</rs>
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, and county of Middlesex</rs>
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, held at <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo7">Justice Hall in the Old-Bailey</rs>
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, on Wednesday the <rs type="date" id="OA17560920_date4">14th</rs>
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, Thursday the <rs type="date" id="OA17560920_date5">15th</rs>
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, Friday the <rs type="date" id="OA17560920_date6">16th</rs>
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, and <rs type="date" id="OA17560920_date7">Saturday the 17th of July</rs>
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, in the 30th year of his Majesty's reign, <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n11-3">John Girle</rs>
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was capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly on Friday the <rs type="date" id="OA17560920_date8">16th</rs>
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. He was indicted for the murder of <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n11-4">Thomas Roberts</rs>
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, <rs type="date" id="OA17560920_date9">August the 16th, 1755.</rs>
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<p n="12"> <rs type="persName" id="OA17560920_n12-1">John Girle</rs>
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was about 26 years of age, having been born in that part of the ward of <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo8">Farringdon-within, which is called St. Faith's parish</rs>
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. His parents removed when he was young into the <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo9">parish of St. Luke, in <rs type="placeName" id="OA17560920_geo10">Old-Street</rs>
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, where he went to school, but profited little; nor did he make more advantage afterwards in the charity school of the ward where he was born.</p>
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