When he left the school, his father using Leadenhall-Market , took his son with him to keep him out of harm's way, and in time the son took on to his father's business, which was dealing in poultry , which they went about town, and country to vend, and in winter imployed their time in catching of birds. The father dying, the son continued to get his bread in the same way of life 'till that unhappy affair happened, for which he suffered. Nor could we find any thing extraordinary, either good or bad, deserving of notice, till this time.

On the 16th of August , about seven o'clock in the evening, he said, that he and his partner having caught some birds, went to Roberts's cellar, near Ely-House , on Holborn-Hill , with intent to sell him what birds they had caught. His partner, he says, went down into the cellar to him to offer the birds to sale; Thomas Roberts< no role > refusing to buy, words arose between them two, which Girle heard, as he stood above in the street, at the cellar window. And, as he said, being in liquor, he began to call Roberts, and gave him abusive language; upon which he came up out of the cellar. And soon after, as they were talking to one another, Girle thrust the stick, which he had in his hand, into Roberts's left eye; having before made use of some bad expressions, and threatnings, that if he came up stairs, he would punch both his eyes out.

Having so done, Girle and his partner were both soon taken into custody, and being taken before a justice, he took the whole blame upon himself; so his partner was sent about his business, and he was committed to Clerkenwell New-Prison ; from whence he found out some method to escape, but it was not a long time before he was retaken, and kept safe, till he came to be tried upon an indictment found against him at Hicks's-Hall , for a misdemeanor in this case. Of which he was found guilty, and sentenced to be imprisoned in Newgate, for a year, ten months of which confinement were passed, when he came to be tried in July last for murder.

Roberts lived after he received this hurt at Girle's hands about seven Months; and tho' he went about his business as formerly, yet it seems he always afterwards complained of pains and aches in his head, which the anguish of the hurt he received occasioned; and was attacked frequently by con