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

BY virtue of the King's commission of the peace, oyer and terminer, and gaol delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old Bailey , before the Right Honourable Sir Samuel Fludyer< no role > , Bart. Lord Mayor ; Lord Mansfield, Lord Chief Justice of the court of King's Bench; Sir Edward Clive< no role > , Knt. one of the Judges of the court of Common Pleas ; Sir William Moreton< no role > , Knt. Recorder ; James Eyre< no role > , Esq; Deputy Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and Justices of gaol delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city and county, on Wednesday the 20th , Thursday the 21st , and Friday the 22d of October , three prisoners were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, viz.

JAMES FARR< no role > , WILLIAM BIDDLE< no role > , and WILLIAM SPARRY< no role > , were indicted, for that they did make, forge, and counterfeit, and cause and procure to be forged and counterfeited, and willingly acted and assisted therein, a certain counterfeit will, purporting to be the last will and testament of Jeffery Henvill< no role > , and publishing the same with intent to defraud Anna Freke< no role > .

It was admitted on the part of the prisoners, that Jeffery Henvil< no role > , deceased, had made a will August 20th, 1761 , in favour of Anna Freke< no role > , who had lived three or four years as house-keeper to the testator, and that he died November 23d following. And in order to understand the state of their case it should be premised, that James Farr< no role > was son in law to the deceased Jeffery Henvill< no role > , having married his only daughter; who thinking himself and family injured by the said will, set up this in opposition to it; that Sparry acted as his attorney in dictating this second will, which was pen