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[ 290 ]• *" 'jnfiiaed opon liim, virho will with his laft Breath Cm- I tinue to profefs himfelf, TOIT II iW Ycur Anif.nccre Admirer, JoGEPH Powls. I "A M heartily forty for your Misfortune, and wiili it were in my Power to do you any Service ; I beg you wou'd not make yourfelf uneafy upon my Account, but compofe yourfelf, and prepare for the worft that may happen, and don't caft yourfelf down, you may overcome this Misfortune, and re- gain what you have loft, and if I can affift you upon any Account in going any where, you may depend upon me, who am ready upon all Occafions to prove myfelfj Tour Faithful Friend,- Thelaft Day being Monday the iiHi of September 1732,1 was brought down to receive Sentence of I>eath, and being asked by the Judge what I had to fay why Sentence fliould not pafs upon me ? I deiiver'd the following Speech extempore to the Honourable Court. * T A M defcended of honeft and reputable Parents, ' I who gave me a liberal Education, and inftilled in * , my Breaft the Principles of Religion and Virtue, * and always cndeavour'd to create in mean Abhor- • rence
[291 ] • «nc6.of.any Thirig that wis bafe, or would bring an ' Odium either on myfeif, or Family. ' Neither have I a natural or habitual Tendency to a ' vicious Courfe of Life j the former Misfortune in ' which I was involved, was caufed by my Cbniidenca ' of a, falfe Friend, who left the Things which iie had • ilolcn in my Cuftody, and efcaped the Misfortune ' which light upon me. In this for which I am now ' brought before your Lordfliip, neither my Will nor ' my Reafon was concern'd, I was hurried on to the ' Commiffion thereof by the Difguife of Liquor, and ' fome ftrange Fatality, £g:unft vvhith I fnoiild have ' been more guarded had I been fober ; I would noc ' be hereby tlwiiglvt to urge my liinoccKce, No, my ' Lord, I own I dcferve Puiiifliment, for laying myfeif • open to fuch a Temptation; but humbly Leg, my ' Lord, that Jufticc may be allay'd with Mercy, that ' my Puniiliment may be facli, tliat I may live to ' make the Vv'orld amends ibr any Faults I cither have, ' or am fuppofed to have committed. My L.ord, I 'am of an Occupation which enables me to fupport ' r.iyfelf creditibly, without having recouife to' anv • mean or bale Arts to the Detriment of Mankind'; ' wherefore I moil humbly entreat your Lcrdihip, and • this honourable Court, to take Pity on my tender ' Years, and to reprefent my Cafe fo favourably to his ' Majeily, that this terrible fkntence of Death' which ' I now am under, may be chang'd to Baiiifiinicnt, tho' • for Life: And I do fmcereiy promife and aflare xo'it ' Lordfhip, that the reft of my Life fliall:be employ'd ' in returning God and your Lordfliip Thanks for the ' Mercy which is fhewa to me. And now having faid ' what I hare to fay, humbly fubmit myfeif to your ' Lordfliip's Mercy.' After receiving Sentence the Court brolce up, and we being remanded back to iVk-xyja/'^, the beautiful • pkc'd herfclf clofe by the Door of the Bail-Dock, and as I. came out,, the caught hold of my Hand, and burft N 3 into îi
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Sold by EdntrJ Score, Book' • fel
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• S3? V« 1, 2 -^q «? IZl. L..I-
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[4] hea in the Prefence of Mr. Horn
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[ 6] -^ wSt'-rf^'* ^he folkiving is
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[ 8 ] tser'd at Worcejfer, they und
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..i [10] ^ -JC As to his Wife, Ihe
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[ JM that ftie foon after propofed
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I 14 I accordingly, and for which M
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'i,*'* • [ i6 1 Ooths, to conceal
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[18] and Information was given to t
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I 1 If •{ 20 ] die; ihe anfwer'd,
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[ 22 ] In the mean Time Mrs. Hayes
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[24] "coQrfcj^feem'd to refleft upo
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[26] Being at Mrs. Hayes's Door, Ju
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[ 28 ] not inform him that ftie and
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*-j»*'. -M^jlt a. * /j^!>y [ 30 ]
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likBtinHaiuiMi I 32 ] Having thus m
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C 34] Thomas Wcad, and Catherine Ha
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[ 36] no other Terms, but that (he
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[ 38 I , her ar.d cry'ii, and'would
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[40] His Father dying fome Years be
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t42 J the Fafl. he had committed, a
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[ 44 J The following Account Edward
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[ 46 ] him to recover himfelf from
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[4S ] on any Perfon who (hould dare
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ISO] De-h-Fay, Under Secretary of S
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[ 50 ind being convifted, was execu
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[54] in the Morning when the Keeper
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[5H Gentlemen, whether any fuch Per
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[58] They were very pleafant and me
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[6o3 wherein he continued for the S
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merly. Being arrived at the fatal T
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[ %] knew of any fuchEflatC} yet ow
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[66] kdted he faid, he had no Tempt
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[ 68 ] cution, a Man faid, that he
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[70] that he came up to Chapel, whe
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[ 72 ] * length of Days, and Prpfpe
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MiJi [74] ' feftual Stop to all fuc
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[76] ordtT to bring them to Juftice
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[78] This was the ufual Method I pr
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[So] his Draught, by advancing the
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•1^ WouTd admit of, and the Place
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[ S6] By the fame means we got into
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.'i" [ 8S ] Companions who were nex
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'^dSb^ZH i 90 ] Shop, where we fill
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[92] eJecrepit old Men, who will ta
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[94] He acknowledg'd he had for fev
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i'dk ~. [9H Ihe following is an Acc
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,(*' ^ r 93 ] Watch, and his Silver
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[ JOO ] at lirfl View might appear
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[ 102 ] cf the Rules, wliicli coft
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[ i04 1 i-obbM, in order to give hi
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[ io6 ] of 100/. or more, and be fu
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[ io8 ] the PiUoI was, and juft as
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[no] Oiir iirft Acquaintance commen
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112 ] no difficult Matter, as his H
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told you before, and this which I l
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i .l*i bout 13/. in Silver, the Gen
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I i f 1,8] svhich Js a barbarous vi
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t 120 J fecquitced, bring an Appeal
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I I '•! I i22 ] 50 as to caufe t?
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'"r::..'*1 ! !ij I II I 124 ] wilh
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Hi [ 125 ] been given, fome of the
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II fttTT'T^'if^^'^''^'" [ 128 } juf
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WJ I 130 J
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,/*' [ 132 ] the Mailer ? The Boatf
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wt 1134 ] them to fet a Foot abaft
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i'ly'M [ 136 ] r In the third Place
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ay [ 138 I then they fent their Boa
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'•! • i w i HO J and they began
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. [ 142 ] wg, had a kind of a fava^
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if [ H4 1 of his Villainies, and te
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wt [ 146 ] This was the laft Prize
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[ HS ] iity they were in of careeni
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[ I50 ] rf finking the Ship j tut t
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[ 152 I this file recover'd fome Co
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II [ 154 ] to W5re the Ship; and in
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Ml: [ 15M Now Mr. Tea thought he mi
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Ilj^ [ 1^0 ] ' Upon this Letter, an
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ill till t .62] Mr. Fea perceiving
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him with having betrayed them ; and
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In t i66] Thus ended their defperat
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[ i68 ] This necefiarily took up a
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U 1 :^.ii [ 170 ] "having their Thr
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3 [ 172 ] merit, upon which he had
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:J.. [1743 cordingly Goiv, WilHams,
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[176] Work-Houfe; he was put into t
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1^ [ 178 ] While he was under Sente
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[ i8o] the other two Stories, conce
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[ i82 ] to follow him thither, beca
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[ iS4] " did fend^Word by a Friend
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:#• II to the Value of about 900
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tl [188 3 feme Children, but they h
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[ ipo ] On WednefJay Evening, the f
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J« ., I [ 192 ] ing me, for which
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[ 194 ] Years of his Apprenticefhip
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I'I [ 196 ] Slly, and his Landlord
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[ ^9^ ] knowing the Information he
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i [ 200 ] tliis Addition, fvix. Tha
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' [.202] the Piftol miffed Fire j h
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[ 204 ] of his Majefty's Dominion?,
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I'4II I [ 206 ] bour and Acquaintan
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141 illlMll < [ 208 ] Shop-keepers
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11 li^ i i •^•b i [ 210 ] The J
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i-i; I 5 I [ 212 3 Bufinefs, and fe
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li f [ 214 ] Anthony. I am gone a f
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I [2l6] • On Thui-fiay the 15 th
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have been afted by a number of Perf
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[ 220 ] i The following. Account wa
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[ 222 ] the Attention of the Keeper
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ih'l ' j [ 224 ] that the Garret Do
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liii ^m [ 226 ] inongfl them, I had
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[ 228 j ble Wretches, niyfelf and B
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I I i .ill i lllll [ 230 3 he knock
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III M r 232 ] m'co, where the Frenc
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m [ 234 j nate Temper, yet as his F
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S|'îl> « to inform ye, Good Peopl
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Li r^ i III iifii C 238 ] tlnuing t
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Page 252 and 253: [ 244 ] Face, and I had fome Reafon
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Page 258 and 259: [ 250 } furely I was loft for fome
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Page 308 and 309: [ 3O0 ] meeting together, they conc
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Page 328 and 329: t 320 ] tUefoUo^hj^ Account Whitloc
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i H [ 340 ] ted to break open the L
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f 342 J fented to ; but now fmcerel
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h I 3U ] 7'i>e follo'-jDing Robberi
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[ 346 ] knock'd at the Door, which
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[348 3 I fl^ alarming the Neighbour
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» t 250 ] to fpeak, whereupon Greg
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t [ 3-5^ 1 Altho'' in this Robbery
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In [ 354 ] of his Whip, and then ti
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\l. 356] it Iiappen'd that one Mr.
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[ S58 ] Piftols; whereupon Gregory
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Piftok ; and pr« the Co) into hi.'
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ai i\ VI o'. g' ni ti a R hi P; o'
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