Ordinary of Newgate Prison:
Ordinary's Accounts: Biographies of Executed Convicts

6th March 1732

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7th February 1731


when Edward Dell< no role > alias Dale< no role > , of the Liberty of the Tower , for breaking and entering the House of John Davis< no role > , and taking from thence a silk Hankerchief value 3 s. on the 11th of February about eight at Night; and Jane< no role > , alias Catherine French< no role > , for stealing 7 Moidores, 3 Broad-pieces, 2 Guineas, 2 Gold Rings, value 20 s 2 Handkerchiefs, value 3 s. and 2 Tin Canisters, value 18 d. the Money and Goods of John Smith< no role > , February the 7th , receiv'd his Majesty's most gracious Reprieve: The other six, viz. Thomas Smith< no role > , Thomas Faxton< no role > , Thomas Past< no role > , Thomas Edwards< no role > , Thomas Andrews< no role > , and Samuel Burrard< no role > This name instance is in set 410. were order'd for Execution.

I. George Brown< no role > , alias Samuel Burrard< no role > This name instance is in set 410. , alias Johnson< no role > , (whose true Name as he said was Chairman Borrowstown< no role > ) was indicted, for that he, in the 3d Year of his present Majesty, was ordered for Transportation, and that he did return before the Expiration of seven Years.

George Brown< no role > , alias Samuel Burrard< no role > This name instance is in set 410. , near 22 Years of Age, as he said, of honest respected Parents, born in the City of Bath , though afterwards his Father liv'd in Bristol; had good Education at School in reading English, in Latin, Writing, Arithmetick, Book-keeping, &c. to fit him for Business. When of Age, he was put on Board a Man of War to train him for the Sea, and there he served three Years with Approbation; and afterwards he serv'd in inferiour Stations in other King's Ships , but had not patience to wait for Preferment: He also went some Voyages in Merchant-men , and at times had been over great Part of America and the West Indies , and at many other Places of the World; but he was naturally of too roving a Disposition, to keep one constant and honest Employment, being the most avow'd Imposter, Cheat, and Lyar that ever was born; so that it is a great Question, if any of the Accounts he gave of himself be true, since he brought himself into such a gross Habit of Lying, that he could scarcely speak a true Word, as he himself did own, and as I found out in some Instances. His Father observing his wicked and vicious Temper, advised him to go in the Dutch East India Service; but he said he lov'd the Air of Old England best, and that he always thought that the properest Place for the Scene of his Rogueries. However, he gave the old Man the Slip, and went a Voyage to Guinea and the West Indies ; and when he came home, his next Voyage was to Turky ; and, as he said, he had not been in London above two or three Days before he was taken up for returning from Transportation. He said also, he was in a fair Way to get a Ship trading to the Mediterranean or Turky, if he had been at Liberty. He likewise said, that he had served as Master of a Sloop to Boloign in Normandy ; and that he was Mate of a Sloop laden with Salt, which went to Cromarty-Firth in the North of Scotland ; and




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