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 Right Honourable William Nash< no role > , Esq . Lord Mayor of the city of London ; the Honourable Edward Willes< no role > , Esq . one of the justices of his Majesty's court of King's-bench ; Sir William Blackstone< no role > , knt . one of the justices of his Majesty's court of Common Pleas ; James Eyre< no role > , Esq . Recorder , and others of his Majesty?s justices of oyer and terminer of the city of London, and goal-delivery of New-gate, holden for the said city and county of Middlesex, on Wednesday the 15th , Thursday the 16th , Friday the 17th , and Saturday the 18th of July, 1772 , in the 12th year of his Majesty's sign, ten persons were capitally convicted, and received sentence, of death for the several crimes set forth in their indictments; viz. Robert Aystrop< no role > This name instance is in set 2601. , George Lovell< no role > This name instance is in set 1437. , Thomas Maysey< no role > , James Assent< no role > , John Rogers< no role > , Richard Cole< no role > , John Fryers< no role > , James Dempsey< no role > , John Devine< no role > , and Robert Jones< no role > .

And on Friday the 24th of July , the report of the said malefactors being made to his Majesty, by Mr. Recorder, five of them were respited; namely, Thomas Maysey< no role > , James Assent< no role > , John Rogers< no role > , Richard Cole< no role > , and John Fryers< no role > , and the remaining five ordered for execution on Wednesday the 5th of August . Charles Locket< no role > remains not reported. Robert Aystrop< no role > This name instance is in set 2601. , James Dempsey< no role > , and Robert Jones< no role > being respited after the order for their execution. George Lovell< no role > and John Devine< no role > were accordingly executed.