THeſe Malefactors, with three more, were Tryed and Condemned at the laſt Seſſions at the Old-B • ily, of which two of them, by his Majeſties great Favor were Repreived, and the other, Jane Robinſon, being found quick with Child by a Jury of Women impannel'd for that Enquiry, was reſpited till her Delivery.

I ſhall firſt give you a True Account, of the ſeveral Crimes, for which each perſon ſuffered, and then a Relation of the Behaviour of them, from the time of their Sentence, to that of Execution.

Charles Cloſe was an old Offender, and one of thoſe Rogues, who about two years ago, Rob'd Mr. Croom an Ale-houſe-keeper, near Soho Fields, which was thus, he and two more of his Companions went in to drink, and after they had ſtay'd ſometime, and found an Opportunity ſit for their purpoſe; There being no other Company in the houſe they ſent down the Maſter for another Tankard of Drink and one of them followed him down Stairs, and of a ſudden knock'd him down; the other coming in to his Aſſiſtance, they us'd him very Barbarouſly, and afterwards rob'd the houſe of a very conſiderable ſum in Monys and Place, and made their Eſcape. But Juſtice which never ſuffers ſuch heinous crimes to go unpuniſhed, at laſt overtook this Offe • der in the Commiſſi • n of a ſecond Robbery, with Bernard Trevers and Hugh Ke • ly, who were all Indicted for Robbing the houſe of John Shutleworth, an Inn-keeper at Wood-Green in the Pariſh of Tatenham, and takeing away, in Plate and Mony, to the value of two hundred and fifty pounds, they laid their deſign with a great deal of cunning, by firſt going to drink as of they had been paſſing forward towards Hornſey. The Inn-keeper ſeeing th • m in the habits of Gentlemen, •• ok them for ſuch, and made much of them, thinking he had got good Gueſts, and offered them a Lodging if they would ſtay all Night, when it was dark Bernard Trevers let in ſeveral others, who a • ſiſted them to bind the Family and rob the houſe. Hugh Kelly was taken at Portſmouth and part of the Plate found with him Bernard Trevers was taken about Charing-Croſs, and either was, or went in the habit of a Granadeer. Theſe three confeſſed upon their Araignment that they were Guilty of Felony and Robbery, but not of bre • king the houſe: however it being proved that Trevers unbolted a back door to let in the reſt of his Companions, they were all three found Guilty of Felony and Burglary. Mary Kelly, the pretended Wife of Hugh Kelly was Indicted as Acceſſary for comforting, aiding, and harbouring them after the Robbery was committed, and a Gold Ring which was part of the Goods ſtole found upon her, but was acquitred

Katherine Smith, alias Sandimore was a perſon very well known amongſt the Pick-pockets by the Name of Yorkſhire Kate, and was Indicted for ſtealing handkerchief and other Linen, the Goods of Thomas Williams, and found Guilty of Felony and Burglary, ſhe had been and Incorri •• ble Offender, whom no Acts of Clemency could oblige to an honeſt Life, ſhe having formerly Six or Seven times, received the mercy of the Bench.

Mary Corbet was formerly a Broker, and by her continual Crimes had rendred her ſelf Obnoxious to the Law, but Mercy ſtill prevented that puniſhment which ſhe had ſo often deſerved, ſhe was now Indicted and Condemned for High Treaſon, for that ſhe had Made, Coin'd and Counterfeited twelve pieces of Copper, Tin, and other Metals, into the likeneſs of Shillings, commonly called Queen Elizabeths Shillings, and twelve other pieces of like Counterfeit Metal called Queen Elizabeths Sixpences, which Fact was proved againſt her, by two Women, who had often ſeen her make the ſaid counterfeit Mony, by melting Penter, Copper, and the like, to a pound weight at a time, and pouring the ſame into Molds of Wood, which faſhioned it like the Shillings and Sixpences before mentioned. They alſo confeſſed they had put off much of that counterfeit mony for her, and ſeveral pieces were produced in Court, upon which Evidence, ſhe was found Guilty of High Treaſon.

Having thus given the Reader an Account of the ſeveral heinous crimes for which theſe Malefactors were condemned I ſhall now proceed to ſpeak of the Behaviour of each perſon under ſo great a Tryal, and how they ſpent thoſe precious Minutes which formerly were often tedious to them, but now grown ſo valuable, that no good Chriſtian, but would part with all the Pleaſures and Riches of the World to redeem his miſpent time, or gain ſome few hours to pray to God for Mercy upon his Soul, which before he had ſo often ſlighted. After their Return to Priſon. Charles Cloſe, tho before he ſeemed ſo ſteel'd in wickedneſs and hardned in iniquity, that neither the danger of his Life, or the Eternal Ship-wrack of his Soul, affected him with any ſerious conſideration, yet coming into the condemned hole, he gave a great Sigh, & by ſome private Ejaculations, diſcovered his heart was not ſo Obdurate and impenetrable, as to be altogether unconcerned at his preſent condition. This happy change was ſoon taken notice of, by that Vigilant and Worthy Perſon Mr. Ordinary, who took all Opportunities to improve the leaſt ſpark of Penitence or Contrition, to a true ſence of that miſerable State he was in, a Confeſſion of thoſe manifold and grievous Crimes he had been Guilty of, and an abſolute Reſignation of himſelf to the Will of God, and the puniſhment of thoſe Laws he had ſo often Tranſgreſſed.

Bernard Trevers, and Hugh Kelly, as they had been his former Companions in ſin and wickedneſs, ſo now do they ſhare with him in his preſent miſeries and diſtreſs: They now afreſh Confeſſed with Sorrow that Guilt they had Publickly owned at their Tryals, and as perſons whoſe Education was always looſe, and either encouraged by the Vitious Examples of others, or prompted by the pravity of their own Wills and Affections, or both; have been often Guilty of breaking the Sabbath, and ſpending the Lords Day in purſuit of Worldly buſineſs as too many do, or elſe in gratifying the Luſts of the Fleſh, unlawful Pleaſures or more wicked Deboches.

On Sunday they were at Chappel, both Morning and Afternoon, & behaved themſelves with that Reverence and Attention, as became perſons who were ſo ſuddenly to give an Account of every idle Thought or ſinful Glance, as they had ſo lately of their wicked Actions. The worthy Preacher, like a true Phyſician of ſouls firſt applyed Corroſives to make them ſenſible of themſelves, and that wretched State they were plunged into by that ſinful Courſe of Life they had ſo long Rioted in, he Terrified them with Gods Judgment on impeniten • ſinners, the Eternal Damnation of ſoul and body, if they did not now, while it is Called to Day, repent and turn to the living God. But on the other hand, he mercifully poured Oyle into their wounded Conſciences; and as none ought to Preſume on, ſo not to diſpair of the Mercies of Everlaſting Goodneſs.

Katherine Smith, and Mary Corbet, tho they had been both. Notorious Offenders, yet by their humble and ſubmiſſive Behaviour, ſeemed truly Penitent, and I hope the great Labors of thoſe worthy Divines who viſited them, wrought them into a ſincere Repentance, and that ſweetneſs of Temper, as a good Chriſtian would rejoyce to die in.

At ten of the clock they were put Into Carts; And Mary Corbet drawn on a Sledge to Tyburn, where ſhe was burned and the reſt Hanged.