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count, that tho' many have been involv'd in the Guilt
of a vicio'js Courfe of Lite, by keeping bad Company,
yet , but few before me were ever brought thereto by.,
keeping'too good Company, of wliich the Caufe being.
Ambition, is one of the many Sins for which I hear-
tily, fifk God and the World Forgivenefs, wilhirig that
this may be Hke a Light on the Sea Shore to warn .all
: young iVIen to fnun thofe fatal Rocks whereon I am
.ihipwrcck'd, and that I may be the laft unhappy Per-
fon in this kind, is .the earnelt Defire of
JOSEPH POWIS.
He was executed at 7yhurn on Monday the 9th of
X)iiiiber 1732.
^e Confejfion of Sarah Malcolm, who was
Condemn'd for the barbarous Murder of
Ann Price, Elizabeth Harrifon, and Ly-
dia Dancomb, in the Temple, on the 4th
0/ February 1733.
SARAH Malcolm,. alias Malkomle, was indifted
for the Murder of Atm Price, Spinller, by willfully,
. and malicioufiy giving her with a Knife one mortal
Wound on the Throat, on the 4th of Feb. 1733,-of
which Wound the faid An?i Price inftantly died.
She was a 2d Time Indifted for the Murder of EU-
Kaheth llarrifoit, Spinfter, by ftrangling and choaking
her with a Cord, on the faid 4th of i^iri;/««>•)'.
She was a third Time indifted for.the Murder of
Lydia Ditncomb, Widow, by ftrangling and choaking het
With a Cord, on the faid ,4th of .ft^.
She was again indifted for breaking and entring.the
Houfs of Lydia Dmcomb, and fteaiing 20 Moidores, 18
N • 5 Guineas,,
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