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 goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the city of London and county of Middlesex, at Justice-hall in the Old-Baily , before the Right Honourable William Beckford< no role > , Esq. Lord Mayor of the city of London ; the Honourable Sir Richard Adams< no role > , Knt. one of the Barons of his Majesty's court of Exchequer ; James Eyre< no role > , Esq. Recorder , and others of his Majesty's Justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and Justices of goal-delivery of Newgate, holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 18th , Thursday the 19th , Friday the 20th , and Saturday the 21st of May , in the third year of his Majesty's reign, eight persons were capitally convicted and received sentence of death, for the several crimes in their indictments laid, namely, William Smith< no role > , otherwise Turner< no role > , James Chapman< no role > otherwise Lilley< no role > , Richard Forsit< no role > , James Ward< no role > , James Brown< no role > , Michael Ryley< no role > , Jonathan Dennison< no role > , and Jonathan Swift< no role > . And on Wednesday June the 8th , the report of the said malefactors was made to his Majesty, by Mr. Recorder, when three of the said malefactors were respited, viz. William Smith< no role > , otherwise Turner< no role > , for sheep-stealing, James Ward< no role > and James Brown< no role > for two several robberies, and the other five before-mentioned were ordered for execution on Wednesday June the 15th .

1. 2. Michael Ryley< no role > and Jonathan Dennison< no role > were indicted for that they on the king's highway, on Thomas Smith< no role > did make an assault, putting him in corporal fear and danger of his life, and stealing from his person one hat, value 8 s. and one perriwig value 10s. his property April 21 .

The intelligent reader need not be informed that the heinousness of the crime is not to be rated by the value of the