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him to recover himfelf from the Terror he was under
as well as he could.
After this he committed Robberies on tlie High-
Roads, and in the Foot-Paths, and grew fo dextrous at
Houfe-breaking, that he was an equal Proficient with
the late Jack vhepfard.
The ]!)ay before the Murder hereafter mention'J, was
committed on the Body of Thomas Ball, this fame
Pu7-vivorth, in Company with John Barton, who was
convifted for another Er.rglaiy the Seflions before, pro-
pofed to ^0 and breal: open the Iloul'e of an old |uftice
of the Peace in Clerkenvjell, and pitch'd upon that
Houfe rather than any otlier, not in Expcftation of
getting a greater Booty thereby, but in Prejudice to him,
becauie he had been before committed by him, and the
Time being pitch'd upon, about Twelve the fame Nigiit
they began their Enterprize, and executed it fuccefs-
fully, carrying oft divers T lungs of Value, and as they
then believed, a confidcrable Quantity of Plate, and
made their Retreat to Copenhagen Houfe, where they
fpent the greateil Part of the following Day.
Here they began a Partition of the Booty they had
got; but when they came to a Survey of the Plate,
Burnnvorth perceiv'd it to be only Brafs filvcred, and
damn'd it as a Thing of no Value, would have thrown
it away ; Barton opfiofed it, and would have it kept ;
here they differ''d, and in the Interim came Ble-zvitt,
Jietrv, Diekenjon, Higgs, Wilfon, Legec, and Marjaram,
nnd join'd their Companv ; at laft Bmnuuorth and Bar-
ton agreed to tofs up at whofe Dii'pofal the filver'd
Ware fhould be ; they tofs'd up accordingly, and it fell
to Burnn.ijorth to difpofe thereof as he thought fit, who
immediately carry'd it to the Neav-River Side, and
threw it in tliere, wifcing he had had the old Juilice
there he fhould then have fliar'd the fame Fate.
Being now got into the Fields, they wand'red up and
down tor fome Time, in order to pafs the Time away,
they not being then in any want of Money, not caring
to venture into the Town till towards the Evening, ex-
cepting