<div1 type="OApage" id="OA171403101403100004"> <xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="OA171403100004"></xptr>
<p n="33">bing Mrs. Rogers, at <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo17">Pancras-Wash</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo17" type="placeName" value="Pancras-Wash"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo17" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace17" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo17"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace17" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo17"></join>
, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date13">20th of January last</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date13" type="date" value="17140120"></interp>
, stopping the Coach wherein she was, and taking Money both from her and other Passengers with her. 2dly, For a like Assault upon Mr. <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n33-1">Edward Yarborough</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-1" type="given" value="EDWARD"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-1" type="surname" value="YARBOROUGH"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, stopping the Wakefield-Coach, in which he was, near the foot of <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo18">Highgate-hill</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo18" type="placeName" value="Highgate-hill"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo18" type="type" value="street"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace18" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo18"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace18" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo18"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace18" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n33-1 OA17140310_geo18"></join>
, and taking 5 s. from him, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date14">23d of the same Month</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date14" type="date" value="17140123"></interp>
. 3dly, For another Fact of the same nature, viz. his Assaulting Mrs. Shutter, as she was in a Coach going down the <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo19">Hill near Pancras</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo19" type="placeName" value="Hill near Pancras"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo19" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace19" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo19"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace19" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo19"></join>
, and robbing her of 3 Gold Rings and some Money, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date15">19th of February last</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date15" type="date" value="17140219"></interp>
. He said, he was this very Day (being the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date16">10th of March</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date16" type="date" value="17140310"></interp>
) just entring upon the 32d Year of his age; That he was born at <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo20"> <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo21">Dunstable</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo21" type="placeName" value="Dunstable"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo21" type="type" value="urban_centre"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace21" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo21"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace21" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo21"></join>
in Bedfordshire</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo20" type="placeName" value="Dunstable in Bedfordshire"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo20" type="type" value="county"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace20" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo20"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace20" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo20"></join>
, and there serv'd <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ3">8 Years Apprenticeship with a Surgeon</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ3" type="occupation" value="8 Years Apprenticeship with a Surgeon"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc3" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_occ3"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc3" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_occ3"></join>
; That when he was out of his Time, he came up to <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo22">London</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo22" type="placeName" value="London"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo22" type="type" value="urban_centre"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace22" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo22"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace22" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo22"></join>
, where he exerted his Art for a little while, and then went to a <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ4">Gentleman's Service</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ4" type="occupation" value="Gentleman's Service"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc4" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_occ4"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc4" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_occ4"></join>
: That afterwards he <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ5">listed himself a Souldier</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ5" type="occupation" value="listed himself a Souldier"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc5" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_occ5"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc5" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_occ5"></join>
, and at last arriv'd to the Post of a <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ6">Surgeon's Mate</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ6" type="occupation" value="Surgeon's Mate"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc6" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_occ6"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc6" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_occ6"></join>
in the 2d Regiment of Guards. He at first said, he did not commit the former, but the two latter Robberies aforemention'd; yet at last he confest all, & likewise 3 or 4 more of the same nature, and about the same time; for he had not been engag'd long in that wicked Course, having enter'd upon it but since Christmas last; and that too not so much by his own Inclination, as by the pernicious Instigation and Perswasion of one <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n33-2">William Biggs</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-2" type="given" value="WILLIAM"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-2" type="surname" value="BIGGS"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, an old Offender, (not yet taken) with whom he had robb'd a Coach coming from <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo23">Hampsted</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo23" type="placeName" value="Hampsted"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo23" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace23" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo23"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace23" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo23"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace23" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n33-2 OA17140310_geo23"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace23" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n33-3 OA17140310_geo23"></join>
, and taken from 3 or 4 Passengers in it about 28 s. in Money, which was divided among them two and <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n33-3">Tho. Grey</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-3" type="given" value="Tho"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-3" type="surname" value="Grey"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n33-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, before mention'd, who was concern'd with them in that Robbery, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date17">2d of January last</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date17" type="date" value="17140102"></interp>
, being Sunday; and on the Tuesday following he robb'd also some Passengers in a Coach on <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo24">Newington Road</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo24" type="placeName" value="Newington Road"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo24" type="type" value="street"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace24" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo24"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace24" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo24"></join>
, and took from them 22 s. And on or about the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date18">14th of the said Month</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date18" type="date" value="17140114"></interp>
, he set upon a Worthy Justice of Peace (an ancient Gentleman) as he was riding on Horseback towards <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo25">Hampsted</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo25" type="placeName" value="Hampsted"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo25" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace25" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo25"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace25" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo25"></join>
, taking from him a Watch and some old Gold; which, with his robbing a young Man of Half-a-Crown on the <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo26"> <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo27">High-way</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo27" type="placeName" value="High-way"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo27" type="type" value="site"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace27" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo27"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace27" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo27"></join>
near Uxbridge</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo26" type="placeName" value="High-way near Uxbridge"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo26" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace26" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo26"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace26" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo26"></join>
, on <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date19">Thursday the 7th of the said January last</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date19" type="date" value="17140107"></interp>
, were all the Robberies he could reme he ever committed. And now he said, That he was very sensible that for all his unjust Practices, into which he had so foolishly suffer'd himself to be deluded, and by which (as it often happens) he had got but little (not 6 l. in all, he said) he justly deserv'd the shameful Death he was now condem'd to; and thereupon begg'd Pardon of GOD, and of the Persons he had wrong'd, earnestly imploring the Divine Mercy, thro' the Merits of JESUS CHRIST. And to this his Confession (which he had before told me was all he had done of this nature) he did (for the clearing of the Truth, and his own Conscience, as he pretended) add this, " That he was the only Person who robb'd Mr. James " Boys upon the Queen's High-way between <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo28">Pancras</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo28" type="placeName" value="Pancras"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo28" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace28" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo28"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace28" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo28"></join>
and <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo29">Kentish Town</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo29" type="placeName" value="Kentish Town"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo29" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace29" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-1 OA17140310_geo29"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace29" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n32-2 OA17140310_geo29"></join>
, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date20">19th of January</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date20" type="date" value="17140119"></interp>
" last; taking from him an old Watch in a Tortoise-shell Case, and 11 s. in Money: And, " That since the time he lay under this Condemnation, he had consider'd how to make what " Amends he could for the Injuries done by him, and therefore had sent several times to Mr. " Boys, to let him know where he might have his Watch again; which when he took, Mr. Boys (as he said) told him, he was very loth to part with it, tho' it was an old Thing that would yield but little Money, not 3 l. but he valu'd it much more upon some particular Account.</p>
<p n="34">This specious and artificial Speech and formal Declaration he thought I would take as the pure Effect of an awaken'd Conscience, that was now willing to discharge itself of its Guilt, and do Right to all the World: And indeed I was at first doubtful in the matter; but I at last discover'd that herein he prevaricated; I taxed him with it, and reprov'd him for it, shewing him what a dangerous thing it was for him thus to add Sin to Sin, and how presumptuous he was, to desire (as he did) that I would administer the Holy Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to him, who solemnly attested a Lying Story to be true, at such a time when he was just going to be call'd before the dreadful Tribunal of Christ, there to give an Account (to Him who knows the inmost Thoughts of Men's Hearts) of all his secret Imaginations, as well as Overt Acts. With that I startled him, but yet could not make him plainly confess, that <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n34-1">John Collins</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n34-1" type="given" value="JOHN"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n34-1" type="surname" value="COLLINS"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n34-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
(as I knew) had perswaded him to charge himself with this Robbery, by telling him it would now do him no hurt, but himself a great deal of service, in that it might save his Life. This he (the said <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n34-2">Edmund Eams</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n34-2" type="given" value="EDMUND"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n34-2" type="surname" value="EAMS"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n34-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
) could not absolutely deny: And so I told him, I wondred that Men under such Circumstances as theirs, whose Business it was to prepare for Eternity, would imploy their Thoughts and precious Time in such wicked Machinations, by which, instead of pacifying the Wrath of God, they provoked him more and more to let them perish in their Sins. On this I enlarg'd, but could get no great Satisfaction from him herein; therefore I shall say no more of him here, but proceed to my Account of the other, viz.</p>
<p n="35">3. <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n35-1">John Collins</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-1" type="given" value="JOHN"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-1" type="surname" value="COLLINS"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-1" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
<rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n35-4">alias Collinson</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-4" type="given" value="John"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-4" type="surname" value="Collinson"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-4" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, condemn'd for breaking the House of Mr. <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n35-2">John Holloway</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-2" type="given" value="JOHN"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-2" type="surname" value="HOLLOWAY"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-2" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
at <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo30">Chelsea</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo30" type="placeName" value="Chelsea"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo30" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace30" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo30"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace30" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-2 OA17140310_geo30"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace30" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo30"></join>
, and stealing thence 2 Exchequer Notes, value 100 l. each, 237 l. 10 s. in Money, and 194 l. in Gold, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date21">23d of January last</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date21" type="date" value="17140123"></interp>
. And he was also at the same time convicted of a Robbery, on the High-way, committed upon the Person of Mr. <rs type="persName" id="OA17140310_n35-3">James Boys</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-3" type="given" value="JAMES"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-3" type="surname" value="BOYS"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_n35-3" type="gender" value="male"></interp>
, whose Silver-Watch, with 10 or 12 s. were taken from him, between <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo31">Pancras</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo31" type="placeName" value="Pancras"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo31" type="type" value="parish"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace31" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo31"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace31" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-3 OA17140310_geo31"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace31" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo31"></join>
and <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo32">Kentish Town</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo32" type="placeName" value="Kentish Town"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo32" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace32" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo32"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace32" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-3 OA17140310_geo32"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace32" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo32"></join>
, on the <rs type="date" id="OA17140310_date22">19th of the said Month of January</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_date22" type="date" value="17140119"></interp>
. He said, he was not at all concern'd in this latter Fact, but Eams was the Man had done it, as he told him himself since they were condemn'd. And as to the former, he own'd thus much of it, viz. That he robb'd Mr. Holloway's House, and took thence 107 l. (or thereabouts) in 100 l. Bag, and another smaller Bag, and no Gold, nor Money-Notes, nor any thing else: Adding, That he had spent some part of that Money before his being apprehended, but most of it, viz. 90 l. and upwards, was then taken from him, which he suppos'd Mr. Holloway has, or will have again; wishing he were able to make up his whole Loss. He said, he was 42 Years of age, born at <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo33"> <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo34"> <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo35">Faustone</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo35" type="placeName" value="Faustone"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo35" type="type" value="undefined"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace35" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo35"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace35" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo35"></join>
near Hull</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo34" type="placeName" value="Faustone near Hull"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo34" type="type" value="urban_centre"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace34" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo34"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace34" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo34"></join>
in Northumberland</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo33" type="placeName" value="Faustone near Hull in Northumberland"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo33" type="type" value="county"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace33" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo33"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace33" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo33"></join>
; That he was brought up to no Trade, but had been a <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ7">Footman</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ7" type="occupation" value="Footman"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc7" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_occ7"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc7" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_occ7"></join>
to several Gentlemen, both in the Country, and here in <rs type="placeName" id="OA17140310_geo36">London</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo36" type="placeName" value="London"></interp>
<interp inst="OA17140310_geo36" type="type" value="urban_centre"></interp>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace36" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_geo36"></join>
<join result="persNamePlace" id="OA17140310_persplace36" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_geo36"></join>
, and was some time a <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ8">Coachman</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ8" type="occupation" value="Coachman"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc8" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_occ8"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc8" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_occ8"></join>
to one of them: That he had also been a <rs type="occupation" id="OA17140310_occ9">Souldier</rs>
<interp inst="OA17140310_occ9" type="occupation" value="Souldier"></interp>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc9" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-1 OA17140310_occ9"></join>
<join result="persNameOccupation" id="OA17140310_persocc9" targOrder="Y" targets="OA17140310_n35-4 OA17140310_occ9"></join>
for 6 Years together, and attain'd at last to the</p>
</div1>

View as Text