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THE Ordinary of NEWGATE'S ACCOUNT of the Behaviour, Confession, and Dying Words, &c.
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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
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, 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
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, 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,
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,
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George Knight
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,
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John Ives
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,
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John Larey
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,
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John Fairbrother
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, and
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>
John Dixon
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, were ordered for execution the 6th instant. And
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Mary Witts
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>
,
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>
William Smith
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=
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>
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>
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interp
>
, and
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=
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>
Richard Grey
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>
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>
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interp
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=
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=
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>
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, were respited during his majesty's pleasure. And on
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Monday, June 4
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,
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Michael Sampson
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>
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=
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=
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>
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=
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>
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>
was added to the number of the respited.
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p
>
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p
n
=
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>
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
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Saturday May 6
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,
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>
</
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>
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