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-Bailey , before the Rt. Hon. William Bridgen< no role > , Esq. lord-mayor of the city of London ; the Rt. Hon. William Lord Mansfield< no role > , lord chief justice of his majesty's court of king's bench ; the Hon. Sir Sydney-Stafford Smith< 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, &c. holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 2d , Thursday the 3d , Friday the 4th , Saturday the 5th , and Monday the 7th of May , in the 13th year of his majesty's reign, 13 persons were capitally convicted, and 12 received sentence for the several crimes in their indictments laid, namely,

Joseph Redmond< no role > , Mary Witts< no role > , Michael Sampson< no role > , William Smith< no role > , David Overton< no role > otherwise William Smith< no role > , John Boyland< no role > otherwise Boylin< no role > , John Ives< no role > , Richard Grey< no role > , John Larey< no role > , George Knight< no role > , John Fairbrother< no role > , and John Dixon< no role > .

And on Wednesday, May 30 , the report of the said malefactors (except William Turner< no role > , who died in Newgate the day after his trial) being made to his majesty, by Mr. Recorder, Joseph Redmond< no role > , Michael Sampson< no role > , David Overton< no role > , George Knight< no role > , John Ives< no role > , John Larey< no role > , John Fairbrother< no role > , and John Dixon< no role > , were ordered for execution the 6th instant. And Mary Witts< no role > , William Smith< no role > , and Richard Grey< no role > , were respited during his majesty's pleasure. And on Monday, June 4 , Michael Sampson< no role > was added to the number of the respited.

After conviction and sentence they were daily visited with prayer and instruction in the usual method; and portions of scripture were chosen, explained and applied to them, as their exigencies or their particular case and behaviour required. Some part of the daily psalms and the second lesson were generally used for this purpose; and in particular on Saturday May 6 ,