_Thomas Lechford_ acknowledging he had _overset_ himself and is
sorry for it, promising to attend his calling, and not to meddle
with controversies, was dismissed.
_Sarah Hales_ was censured _for her miscarriage_ to be carried to
the gallows with a rope about her neck, and to sit upon the
ladder, the rope end flung over the gallows, and after to be
banished.
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Wholesale sentences of death in London, in 1820.
At the October session of the Old Bailey, London, sentence of
death was passed on thirty-seven persons, four of whom were
females. Four were condemned for passing counterfeit notes,
eleven for highway robberies, two for burglary, 11 for stealing
in dwelling houses, 1 for horse-stealing, 2 for sacrilege, &c.
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From the "Salem Mercury," July 28, 1788.
_The following_ EXTRAORDINARY OCCURRENCE _is extracted from the_
EUROPEAN MAGAZINE _for_ 1787.
SAMUEL BURT, convicted of forgery a few sessions since, was put
to the bar, and informed that his Majesty, in his royal clemency,
had been graciously pleased to extend his mercy to him on
condition that he should be transported during his natural life.
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