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THE ORDINARY of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT OF
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John Girle
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William Cannicott
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BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, Oyer and Terminer, and jail-delivery of Newgate, held before the right honourable
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Slingsby Bethell
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of the city of
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, lord chief baron Parker, Mr. justice Birch, Mr. justice Wilmot,
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Sir William Moreton
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recorder
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, and other of his Majesty's justices of jail-delivery for the city of
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, and county of Middlesex
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, held at
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Saturday the 17th of July
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, in the 30th year of his Majesty's reign,
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was capitally convicted, and received sentence of death accordingly on Friday the
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. He was indicted for the murder of
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August the 16th, 1755.
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was about 26 years of age, having been born in that part of the ward of
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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.
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