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<p n="2">A TRUE RELATION Of the EXECUTION of <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n2-1">JOHN SMITH</rs>
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, alias <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n2-2">ASHBURNHAM</rs>
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. (For Murder) At <rs type="placeName" id="OA16840526_geo1">Stamford-hill</rs>
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, near <rs type="placeName" id="OA16840526_geo2">Tottenham</rs>
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, where he was also Hang?d in Chains, on Monday the <rs type="date" id="OA16840526_date2">26th.of May,1684</rs>
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. AND OF <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n2-3">Edward Jackson</rs>
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, Executed the same Day at <rs type="placeName" id="OA16840526_geo3">Tyburne</rs>
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, for HIGH-TREASON. WITH A Copy of a Paper of his own Writing deliver?d in Newgate: As likewise a true Account of their Behaviour, and last Confessions, at the said Places of Execution.</p>
<p n="3">WHEREAS at the late Sessions of Gaol-Delivery held in the Old-Baily on Thursday and Friday, the <rs type="date" id="OA16840526_date3">15th</rs>
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. and <rs type="date" id="OA16840526_date4">16th.days of May,1684</rs>
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. Five Men received Sentence of Death, (viz.) <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-1">Edward Hubbard</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-2">John Gower</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-3">Francis Robinson</rs>
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, <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-4">John Smith</rs>
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, alias <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-7">Ashburnham</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-5">Edward Jackson</rs>
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; of which Persons, <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n3-6">Edward Hubbard</rs>
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was Reprieved from Execution.</p>
<p n="4">And whereas a Warrant was directed for Execution of the rest on Friday the <rs type="date" id="OA16840526_date5">23d.of the said month</rs>
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, the morning of the said Friday, Reprieves came for <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n4-2">Edward Jacson</rs>
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, and <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n4-1">John Smith</rs>
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, &c. until the Monday following, Gower and Robinson only being that day Executed, (from whence some believed a Pardon might have Fucceeded;) which time of Reprieve being expired, they were likewise Executed on <rs type="date" id="OA16840526_date6">Monday the 26th. day of May</rs>
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before mentioned; viz.</p>
<p n="5">First, <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n5-1">John Smith</rs>
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, alias Ashburnham, a Notorious Highway man, whose Name hath been in a Proclamation, and several Gazetts, in order to his being Apprehended, was Indicted, Tryed, and found Guilty, for the Murder of <rs type="persName" id="OA16840526_n5-2">Andrew Page</rs>
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, a Head-</p>
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