Ordinary of Newgate Prison:
Ordinary's Accounts: Biographies of Executed Convicts
14th October 1772
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.