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hear an be .'et upon -the ,wharf. If any'bodv had
got ovei ee-• pales I must hare seen- them. 1. saw I
no one-g-et e-.•er the pales. I did not meet any body.
I did not obsetve any one come ?tom Mr; Blight's
house after I heard the firing:: • •
Martha Elila:DaVis deposed to the same effe6.t. •
Mithatl Wright.—'' I was returning fi-Om Dept-
ford on the night of the loth, about ten minutes past
eight. I went by Mr: Blight's house ; I heard the
report of a pistol ; _when. I :rot up to. the gate, I
Mr. Patcli; he asked me, if I. had met any per•son
coming dow.n the alley„ there had been any, I
roust haveriiet them ; I saw none. He asked me
if I would step hi, -as he had been fired est, I Said, I
'lipped not. He said, I wish you woOldstep in till my
serVant returns. I stept in. He said,' I will fetch a
candle, and show you where the-ball went through.
'saw by the refie6lion of the light, a hole throughthe
lower part of the window frame and the shutter. I
took the candle to look for the ball, but I could riot
find it. In the mean time the girl came in with the •
ovsters Patch said, I have been-fired at,. !-{ester,
The. picked. Up a ball, and I took it and looked at
it, and it appeared like ahalf circle. We kt'ithdrewlo
• another parloureand I asked Patch if I should bring any .
. body to sleep in the house, as what had happened was
very alarming. He said I need not give myself that
trouble; he did not accept the offer. I said perhaps
it Might 'be a bail fired from some police boat. He
said he did not think it was so; if he did he should,
'be satisfied in his tninsl there would not be any more
--firing. I saide-if I was you -I would advertise it by
hand-bilis; and likewise by pUblic papers. You May
- depend upon that, said he, and I will bid 301. reward.
I asked Patch if he had any fire arms 'in the house.
He said he had a pair of pistols that cost five guineas,
but he had hot got any ammunition. _Mr. Frost 'of-
fered to supply him with some, which he declined," •
Kintiaird,- a 'Surveyor,' verified the plan and
model produced. • .
Hester Kitchener.,—" I lived. in the service of
Mr. Blight about two months; I remember my mis-
tress going to Margate, nw master went with her,
and returned home again. He went again on the !nth,
Patch accOmpaniedhim in the morning,-anil returned
in the evening. When I first came into the service
the family sat in the back room, but for seven weeks
they always sat in the-front yooni. When my master
went away Mr. Patch sat in the front room. About 8
in the evening of the. I eth, I Went for six pennye-.
worth of oysters. When I returned-Mr. Patch was
:talking with Mr. Wright and his wife near the win-
dow. He said, is that you Hester, I have been
shotit.' I said, Lord-have mercy on me! where ?'
,He pointed and said,` through the window.' I had'
left all the windows-shut-up when I went out. Me.
Wright went for-Prost, leaving Mrs. Wright, Patch,
and me in• the house.: We looked.for the shot, and at
last found. it underneath the window, They all said
'it was a shocking affair.' Patch said he 'did net .
know he or-Mr. Blight had an enemy in the world.
.My cuaster,catne home about seven o'clock the next
Monday morning. Mt; master went out after break-
fast, and then Patch Went out on horseback. 'He
',had boots:crn : he usually wore boots. In the after-
-noon they had tea in the back room. Mr. Patch had
shoes on'and white stockings.. In the evening the
gates were left shut, as usual. After tea, mymaster
and the prisoner were drinking grog. I was sitting
in the kitchen by the fire-side, and could not see the
• parlour doOr. In about half an hour Patch came and
Hester, give me a.candle. I have got a vio-
- lent pain in my bowels.' I gave him the candle, and he
took the key of the counting-house off the ciresser..
'He went out of the door. 1 heard the counting-
Louse door open, 'and I heard him walk very quick
across the cOyntiog-house. heard_ .him step into
the privy; and the privy door slam to.; and the in-
stant I heard that, I heard the report of the pistol.
My master. came in to me, and. came up to: the
dresser, and said; Hester, lam a dead man:
said, Lord. have mercy on me ! I hope not.' I
. screamed violently, ran and shut the :street -door.
I was retnrning about half way of the length ofthe
passage when I heard a violent knocking at the
door. I found Mr. Patch -at the door; his small-
clothes were all
,unbuttoned. He went to the
kitchen, and said, Lord have mercy an me !
Blighf, what is the matter ?" I said, my master'
is shot.' We helped my master into the parlour.
.• Patch told me to go and fetch assistance. 1 said I
was 'afraid to go. He desired me take hold of Mr:
Blight'S hand, and he would go. 1 said, you shall'
not am afraid to be alone. I jumped out
of the kitchen window ; I went to Mr. Frost,.
and returned with him ; he jumped over the ote.-
My maSter,l.vas laid on hisebed, and. a Surgeon sent
for. • He died, and there was' a Coroner's Jery„
Patch said he did not kiimy what, was the matter •
'with the people--there- Were strange ideas—l was
to speak the truth."
ChriStiv' her ..Morgan.—" I was 'passing by Mr.
Blight's premises about twenty minutes before nine,
on the 23d. When I came to Blight's gate, I re-
ceived information of what had happened ; a Mr.
Berry was-with me ; 2l•went in with my friend and
knocked at tthe door.- The servant said, who is
there ? I said a friend, who wishes to render assist-
' ante. I saw' Patch. advancing from the parlour door
where Mr. Blight was. 'He began to relate the cir-
cumstance: told him I thought no time should be
lost in searching; the premises. I asked him- for a light,,,
and he ordered the servant to give me one:: he fol-1
lowed me to the door with a light. Pointing to an old
Vessel, he said, •" you had better search that first." I
went with Mr. Berry, and' fOund the vessel 16 feet
from the wharfe'and no -access to it could be had. It
was low Water. I then examined to see if any body
had gone by the water; the mud appeared not in
the least disturbed:. lam convinced it, was impossi-
ble 'Mr any One to go that way. The wharf, to•
the best of my recollection, was dirty. We search-
ed the premises, but fbund nobidy. We returned,
2nd Mr. Blight was laving on the bed. I begged Mr.
Patch to conamiSsiol; me to go to. Bow-street. He
told me he did not seethe necessity. I repeated that
he himself was in the same danger, having been shot
. at the Thursday before. . I asked him again to com-
mission me to go to Bow,-street'; I fold him there
must be a cause, and that hu-mati so nature was not
• depraved as car' one• man t'd- shoot another without
a cause. He turned to rtie and said, he had as much
right to suspe6lme as any-man. Then; after advis-
ing , him to have some inquiry made, I went away,
• ridding my services were not accepted.
, Mr. Berry corroborated the evidence. -
• Charles Stonard, a labourer in Mr. Blight's yard;
Xkinembered hearing a shot 1114 d been fired. He saw

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where the bailiwent through:". He proted iii".; nn`
person could, have eSc'aped by the water side
being up to the middle in mud.
Mary Stnith, -servant 'at the Brown. Bear, 80v..--
street—l retnenib:±r the Prisoner seat a•mes
nee to Hester Kitchener ; he asked the to take her a
glass of-wine; and give his coinpiiinentS,-ana to i her
notto feet, for they only kept her con hur,d to high te:t
her, to see:whether She would-alter her story. I de-
the message.
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.'George Smith, apprentice, to a shipwright,. tecol-
leas the. Monday Mr. Blight .was shot.—" I-was
passing his premises about half past eight, by the
fence near the gate; I 'heard' the report of a pistol :
it appeared to me to be in .Mr.' Blight's yard : there
were three
.boys and five labourers near. I *as
about ten or eleven yards from the gate... One of the
labourers had, a ]ink. No- person (mine from the
premises of Mr. Blight .; I must have seen them if
they bad. I might be a minute, , more, or' less,
within sight of the gates. I heard no person at-_
tempting tO"(Yet away." ,
• Mrs.. Sarah Blight," lam the widow of the de-
ceased ; I have been acquainted with Patch two years
and a half; a sister,of his lived as servant in the fa-
mily,
she was my only servant: My first acquaint',
'ance,With the Prisoner was by his visiting his sister.
He represented that he came from the country 4con-
sequence of some dilliculty,respeaing tytheS, I think
he said
,frOm Aylesinere. He engaged after a little in
my hitsban(i's service at. 401. a year; he worked some
time only for his viauals ; he superintended other
_workmen ; he was at 401. a year for one year;• his
salary was raised to, tool. a year. Mr. Blight deli-
vered me some paperS to be given to Mr.' Patch, in. a
given :event. I think this was 4 . months before his
I. was to give those papers to Pater in case
of being questioni.-hl respecting the property. I kept
them. I had gone 'to Margate, and there received
information of the death of my husband. I , found
the papers in a tin box,,where my husband put,them,
in,an envelope, addressed to me; I delivered them
to a Lady- on a visit to me, -and she 'delivered them
to Mr: Patch on. the-evening of the.Coroner's'Jurv.
He said he had been questioned respeeting the pro-
perty, and: he wanted the papers. He never had
possession of those papers till the 27th September,
My husband had been to Margate with me, and there
he received a letter on the SatUrday. [The witness
provqd: Patch's hand-writing to.the letter, informing
Blight of the firing of the
:first shot.]-Iknew
my husband and Patch had money concerns between
therm about,a thousand pound bill, drawn at two
.montbs upon Mr. Gaom by Jl/fr. Patch, the pro-
duce, as he said, of, the sale of an estate of his in
Devonshire. Mr. Blight vas to have the atiioant of
that bill, for Mr. Patch to have part of the busi-
ness; 12501. was the Whole sum: when that bill
became due, it was to be paid into. Mr. Blight's
'hands. I heard my husband, ask him how at came
not to be duly paid ? Patch 'said, his friend Gooth
:was not ready to pay it. He said he could get,sool.
of 'the money, but he would not take that, as be
could not have the whole. Upon the receipt of the
:letter lie came to town. I'afterwards heard of his
misfortune, and Came to town. I asked Mr. Patch
on the Friday, if Mr. Goom's bill was paid ?
told me,- yes ; he 'said that Goom had been there
to breakfast on the Tuesday morning- by appoint-.
meat, and he had been to the Banker's, and the
money had,been paid.. I knew the contents of the
papers to be given to Patch. They were given to
secure his property, because his Creditors threatened
-him. I never heardlhat Patch 'had purchased the
property. Paich only paid my husband one other
501. beyond the 2001. I must have known if he
had."

Mr. Stephen Groorn;-I knov the Prisoner Patch';'
I had not seen him for ten years till I saw him at
Bow-street; ,I. have never had any pecuniary con-
ne6tions'with hiin—never received any money from
him—never gave hi' any authority to draw. on me
tbrany amount whatever—never received any money
on his account—till Mr. Blight's death I never heard
of his drawing upon me—never gave any note of.
hand to the Prisoner for Money—never made- any
appointment to breakfast at 13lighes--4 did not know
Patch was there—l never called at the Banking-
house of Willis and PerciVal, or ever said I did.

ThornaS Gi-ahana, Mile End-road, was acquainted
with Mr:Blight, Was at his house on the 23d of Sep-
tember, when Patch and he were conversing. On Fri-
day I called at his house about the payment of a ship.
Patch told me that a accident had happened-=some-
body had fired through the window. He took, me to
show me the place where the shot had come through.,
I asked him it he knew any cause. He said, No, but,
he belie‘'ed it was meant for him or Mr. Blight.' He
slimed me how he was sitting, and. the dire&ion in
which the ball went. I saw some things by the win-
dow, which I wondered ,Were not removed, and he
said he wished Mr.. Blight to see . I asked him if
he bad any suspicion. He said,. No, he had not ; but
that Blight had some words with a person named
Clarke. He said he would;-write to Blight to come'
to town. Ort. the MOnday I called again. I saw
him; we sat down to have something to eat.—
Patch cane in, 'and said, Mr. Blight, where are
your spurs ? Blight pointed to them; and said,
Patch, don't you return without the money paid.—
I shall not retairn till it IS' paid.or settled.
Mr. Percival, the hanker, proved the fats stated by
the ConaSel, respeding Goom's draft.
Thomas Webster, a sawyer, proved that he was
at home in bed when Mr. Blight was murdered.
Joseph Clarke, labourer, proved, that on the even-
ing Mr. Blight was shot, he was at several public
houses, but not near Mr. Blight's premises
John Cox corroborated the testimony of the last
witness. . • •

• The agreernent.was proved by which the Prisoner
was to pay 32.;•201. to the deceased.
Wm. Jones, Surgeon.—l remember seeing Patch
When I was called. Speaking generally, Patch wore
boots, but he bad shoes on that evening and white
stocking-S.
Mr. Stafford produced a pair of stockings. He
said, he foinid the stockings ►n, a closet in the Pri-
soner's bed-room they were folded up and turned
.over, and had the appearance of clean stockings.—
He thought .there . was a hardness in the feet 91:
them, which made him open them.—[The stock-
ings. were exhibited, and .the soles appeared incrust—
ed with dirt, its if they had been worn without shoe's,"
Richard Murch was employed to search the privy
belonging to Mr. Blight's house, the Wednesday.
after,,he was shot. He tinind the ramrod of a pistol
in the trunk he produced the rainrod : he said the'ii

wc,7m was about two inches in the soil, with some
widding.. The place had not the appearance of any
one having been there who-had. a disorder in his

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The next thing produced in evidence was the writ-
ten exatnipations of, the Prisoner before the 13ow-
3treet Magigtratei, on the E.,. 8t h September, and ttie
st and 3d Odtober, which was attested by Mr.
m, and the substance: of which has been already
befOre the Pnblic •

These examinations being read, -the evidence Eq.
the Prosecution closed. . ,

TrIE DEFENCE.

The Pasonei being called upon for, his 'Defenee,
addressed t';'2 Comt,

Pitis'oNEß—''' I beg, my Lord, that the Paper I
hold i❑ my hand may be read by one of the Gen-
tlemen in Court."

• 11. r. K,NA.PP then perused the Paper handed from
the Wisoner, which was to the fhllowing etre&
icothinereed with expressions of gratitude fbr the
means which had been taken to prdcure him a fair
'Whatever might be the result with regard. to
:au individual, was of no consequence; but the cause
of public justice would be prombted by the impar-
tiality of.these proceedings, and that was at all times
Of the highest importance. He could not enter on
his Defenee without avowing, the gratitude he felt
Jhr the attention his Lordship bad paid to the pecu,
liar prejudices which had prevailed, and who there-
thre had provided that his'case should be sebmitted
to twelve Gentlemen, ,removed from the clamour
and bustle of a Public Assize, who could calmly
relied on 'the merits of the case, and give their de-
cisioh in- a Way, that-would. confer honour on them
selves and their Connery. A man pointed out as be
had been as the object Of general detestation, assailed
on every side by open hostility, possessed no advan-
tageous 70=1 from which he could resist the as
Saults of7his'enemies. He was accused of a felonious
Crime; and under this charges he had not even the
customary assistance in, making his defence : while
on the part of the 'Prosecution; it was_allowed that
the 'same should be laid before the Jury With all, the
benefit of long deliberation and learned- comment.
In' this unfortunate predicament he was not capable
of preparing his defence with anTimmedinte ap-.
plication to the evidence now delivered. It must
be principally referable-to the depositions giyen by
the Witnesses before the. Magistrates during the
preceding examinations: What, therefore, should
be deficient, he entreated the Jury by their.good
'sense to supply ; and although he lamented the cif-
'cumstance on the present cecasion, yet he was con-
vinced that the mode Of trial the law had pointed
out was founded on the same humane 'principles
which had adways distinguished the administration
-of British Jurisprudence.. The, case against him
Was supported by`no direr eVidence; it was not
.even pretended that any dire or• -Conclusive fad
could be proved ; it depended wholly upon a chain
of incidents, none of whieb,etakeu separately, could
be satisfaaory ; and it would be fbi the Jury to de-
terinine if all of them, considered coltedively, cotald
he sufficient to establish the guilt of the Prisoner.-=-
The nature of the -evidence was then only circum-
iistantial, a sort of testimony had been re-
ceived at all times wittr-gr...,..at caution, and which
'`could only be admitted When the offence charged was -
wholly incapable of any•positiee proof. This re-
luaance to receive such testitnony was justified by
the difficulty of establishing 'any truth
,by 'such
means; in .a lotig concatenation of fads; if a single
link of the chain :failed, the whole was destroyed,
nothing could be :,,uSteined by it. What was the
extent of the chain which was now to be perfe& in
all its parts ? Forty Witnesses were examined, and
the Jury were called upon to examine,- not only if
they were consistent with each other, but if they
were consistent with themselves. Whatever might
be the fidelity of the Witnesses, it should not be
forgotten how much depended on the accuracy of
the memory ; so that not only a malignant Motive,
but an ineorreaness-of memory, would be sufficient
to destroy all this testimony on which the Prosecu-
tion must entirely depend. The charge proceeded
• on theSe three grounds—tsr, The motive of the
crime-s-2d, The • opportunity of committing it—
'3d, The impossibiiity of its commission by any
other but the Prisoner. ' Ist; With regard to the
motive.. The person--who had lived in habits of in-
•tithacy and friendship 'with the deceased must.shrink
back with horror at such a deed. , So far from any
attempt upon his life, the Prisoner would a thousand
times rather have sacrificed his own for its preserva-
tioneßut not only the fceing of affedion would have
operated, powerfully, • but the sentiment of pure ,
• mercenary interest would have,had the same 'hat-
, ence to proted the life of Mr. Blight. The success
'of the, Prisoner. depended upon the existence of
the deceased. He had entered into business with •
' Mr. Blighein circumstances somewhat embarrassed,
'and the credit and countenance of that Gentleman
was peculiarly necessary. to its success.- How was
it possible for the business to be conduaed ? Could
ships be purchased, could materials be found, could
any line of regular connection be maintained without
his support ? By his,- death ,the Prisoner was de-
prived of all: his beneficial prospects, and yet it was
contended that these alone could be -brightened'
and improyed by that melancholy. event. It had
been said that the Prisone.- Wad in a state of distress'
and poverty. It was true that he was pressed by a
claim for tithes ; • but it wre: not • correct to say that
by this he 'was reduced to a condition, of absolute
ruin. He had an estate, and a farm well -stocked,
in the County of Devon. In this situation he had-
been. informed of the profits of ship breaking, and
he was determined to acquire, the knowledee of a,
business so productive : he therefore conneae°d him-
. self with' Mr. Blight, 'but not with any intention of
continuing, as had been represented, in the'charac-
ter of a menial servant : he-had more than 13001.
-and 125.01. of this sum had been appropriated in
execution of the- agreement for the acquisition of
one-third of the trade. The account of Mr.,Blight
I iii regard to these affairs was not implicitly' to
..be relied upon ; he was a man of irregular
'habits ; he had many private -expellees, of which
-Mrs. Blight: .had no information ; he had many.
natural, children, and expended considerable sums
on- women in habits of impurity and disho-
nour. Besides this, he had been involved in his
mercantile pursuits, which ended in his failure.
From the papers of such a' person DO satisfaaory
evidence- could be acquired; many' of his most so-'
lemn instruments were tit:titious, and such were ac-
taowledged to be the papers o the ittli of July,

which bad been so improperly introduced into this
transa&ion.—(The Prjsoner here entered into a g:-
neral examination of the' matters of account
himself , and the deceased; from which he con-
tended„ that he had given honalide consideration for
his share of the business p and that the 10001. in
which Mr. Goons was concerned w no pail of the
amount he had, paid for his concern, but an-ilea) of
accounts with Mr. Blight entirely independent.) A.
Merchant, surrounded by his Clerks; he said, could
give a full account of his pecuniatty affairs on CO
petent evidence ; but he haying none of these ,as-
sistants,and :being deprived of his•principal test uno;IY
,hy the decease of his brother, and the diStance of
'his conne6tion, 'relied with confidence or the, Can-
dour of a British fury. Placed,_ as he was, iu this
situation, he could not call his friend from the gra;
to supply the conclusive proof of his innocence; tl:e
nature of his defence only admitted of stron
bability, and sheWing,that he -had no. donbt et.
acquittal to which he bras entitled front his Couni...:,
The next proposition reg,.lrded the opportunity
committing the crime. it tea's true thit he
abundance of opportunity to perpetrate this crinnl
if he had the inclination,, and the possibility of coni-.
witting it any time, and at all times, furnished one
strong ground of his defence. If he had intended
the murder, would he have committed it when there
:%vasa witness at hand ta proclaim his gull': "Nonni
he -net have 'availed hituself of the sdent 'hour of
midnight, when nothing 'cOuld ha:, e occurred to.lia'-„;
fixed upon hint. the guilt n Ott! chcnmstace r.
Moved; beyond all doubt, the weight of the'
ihe door of the privy, 'and the report of the pitoi,
were heard at the same timeby the witness on who,ti
the whole of, the case rested.. It was impo..;,:ii:?l:2 the;
Prisonel' could ,be at the necessary and in the hoase
discharging this weapon of destruction. Whai. was
the' cumin& of tile Pri,S:mer immediately after the
cunt I—Did lie not send into the neig;tbom:hon.t
for assistance ?—Did lie not attend toexplain all the
faffs to the friends of, the deceased, and before tn..:
Magistrates I—Did he fly from his :Lome and hIS,
couptry to seek proteClion from the hand of aveng-
ing justice.?—Every particular condnccd to spew,
that in the persuasion of his innocence, he delicd
all the means Which might b„- employed to effect
his destru&ion; The Prkoner terminated with Some
remarks on particular parts 'pf the evidence, said
that he was a plain unlearned'man unaccustomed to
the subtleties of legal) disvutatien, and in the
dire& and positive terms avowed his own purity an_i
innocence. - His life was of little consequence; he
lamented only. the fate, of fpur children win) (1,.'-
pended'npon his industry for their support, and v.:as
cdniident that the Jury would not be lc-Ss inclined to
a candid. and humane consideration of his case oe
account of these pledges of his sincerity to them'and
to liis Country.

WI iI,,rESSES FOR THE DEFENCE..
Josiah Siee, Thos. Haeffam, and Richard Poole,
.were called to establish the chara&er of the Pri-
soner.. They had each •of them 'been acquainted
with him for two.or three years, and ga.-e genc;-4
.testimony to his respeaable demeanour in the way
of.his business.

The Camp BARPN now proceeded to gum up
the evidence ; _but betore he. entercd'into'. the parei:'
euiars, he should expain its general rgiture and bear-
ing. It was true that the whole was circumstan-
tial, there was no (Urea testimony whatever ; bet
wren this; was conneaelby a long series of well-
conneaed thase it was often :more' convincing then
the testimony of ft few Witnesses to minute ,and in-
sulated\ points, It was possible for a Plain shunt
story, to be told with confidence and address, and
some instances had occurred in which impos-itions,
had-been praCtised. which have 'defeated the great-
est viilance of An impaLtial and 'intelligent jtiry .;
When, a train. of circumstances were necessary t 9
establish any Ilia Collusion was generally idepo,..
sible, and )1 the slightest dissonance. were disco-
vered in any material respell, the whole was *s-
troyed, and the Prisoner 'acquitted.. His Lordship•
then entered into the testimony of each indkaduel.
Witness, commenting on the different items in his
'progress. He observed, at gveat length, on the
matters of account, and concluded, from the tenor`, a
of the testimony,- that the Prisoner had adopted
regular system of fraud, the, objelt of which was
to be finally attained by the assassination of the da,
ceased. Whether he had successively attained these
ultimate means was the 'question for the deterinina,
tioir of the Jury, in which
/they would. exercise their
judgment, and decide in a way honourable to them-
selves and satisfaetory to their Country.
The Learned Judge having concluded bis Charge,
the Jury retired for about 20 minutes, and returned
at half past nine their Vercii&of--GeILTY.
Mr. KNAPP, Clerk of the Arraigns, then ad-
qressed the Prisoner with 'solemnity, recapitulated
his :time, the verdia of his Jury, and pat the usual
question, what had' he to say why Judgment of Death
and Execution thereon, should not be awarded
ao-ainst him. .
The Prisoner lowed, but made•no answer.

The. Learned JUDGE then shortly addrest the
Prisoner, told him he had been tried by a humane,.
upright, and patient Jury, who, alter attendiuir to
the whole of the case, had pronounced him “U,ltv
of a crime the Most atrocious ever known to the
laws of this Country—a crime commencing in
thud; continued in fraud, and terminating in -ti:e
foul assassination of his friend and benefador. At-
ter-what has already been said upon- the subjea, no-
thing now remaicied to hint but to pronounce the
awful sentence of the law, which was
" That the Prisoner be taken back from whence
he came, and from, thence that he be taken on Mon-
day morning next to the pike of exectitiOn, there
to be hanged by the neck until dead, and then to
be delivered to the Surgeons to .be disseaed and ana-
tomized; and may, the Lord have mercy on your
soul," ,

• Mr. Patch, through the wilole Of the awful pro-
ceedings against Lint, maintained a ft= composure,
which 'was'Worthy of a better cause:. Some people
have described thiii composure as mingled an
air of sullenness, but the general impression was,
that of a colleeted mind.' 'He was decently:inbred
in bLek. He has a florid, lealthy fook; like that
of a man who may be supposed to have 'chiefly re-
sided in the cannily. lie is about the middle stature,
or rather above it, and is round shouldered.--Mhen
the dreadful sentence, to, which he pAid profound
attention, was uttered,bis resolution was not shaken,
'except for a single moment, at the passage' which
referred to the diSseEtton of his body; but he recce
vetl itnalediately, and Ins teatules assumed

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