The Sun.
London, England, 1829-12-31 00:00:00

EXECUTION.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning being appointed for the execution, at
ad Bailey, of William Newitt, aged 36, for sheer
stealing; Z homes Thomas Maynard, aged 86, for fag:
ing a Custom-house order on the Bank of Buglandj
Stephen Sandford, aged 24, and William Leslie, gr.'
31, for the robbery at Messrs. Stultz, the tailors ; at e
usual time all the dreadful but necessary preparations
depriving them of existence were completed. The
crow{
was rather great, and by the bustle and anxiety evince`
ij
by groups of men, and even women, running to the
Bailey, through all the avenues leading to it, one vou'i
have thought that the attraction was a scene of life an'
gaiety rather than of death.
The Sheriffs having arrived, and all things being ja
readiness, Newitt was the first brought into the Pre's'
room ; he seemed indisposed to communicate with any or
and made no remark. He looked considerably better. t°,
point of bodily health, than on his trial, and his drops?ein
and unnaturally corpulent appearance seemed to have lo"
proved on the prison discipline. There is little reason to doubt
that the bottle of prussic acid, which was found betwee°
the pavement of the condemned yard, had been pissed there
by this man. 'This fact was partly confirmed by obserey
Lon subsequent to the discovery of the bottle. It was6ret
suggested, in order to defeat the intention, and detect the
suicide, that an emetic should be substituted for the pol'
son; but this stratagem was, from motives of humanity'
abandoned. After Hewitt was tied, Sandford was brought
in: he seemed cool and collected, and smiled. lie °ir,
'erred to the person who was binding his arms, " Th'
must be very unpleasant to you." Leslie was next Pre'
pared. He complained of the behaviour of his late nor
tors (Messrs. Stultz), to whom, he raid, he had writteo,
requesting they would assist his wife and three childrea,
after his execution, as they were in the greatest want,
but he observed that his prosecutors had refused to du #O,
contrary to his expectation. Maynard was next boned.
He appeared firm, bowed respeetfully, and bad those pre:
sent "goo d bye," when he was tied. He was attended
by a respectable Dissenting Minister. The melancholy
procession then commenced, and the unfortunate eel,
the ideas presented to them by their
prite appeared absorbed in the conternplatio.n. °,
the Prtrna
advisers. After passing a few paces
bell and the words of the burial service reminded tut.rep:
that their moments were numbered, and that & few „1t.()%1
more would bring them to a public death. Sau
burst into tears, but the others showed little entotton.l
Newitt, the butcher, mounted the scaffold first, an,
scented perfectly insensible to the noise and presence or
the crowd, calmly looking on the preparations making foe
his the
his fellow-culprits. At length all was ready, an at
moment the Rev. Mr. Cotton and the executioner had h'
the floor, and certainly before it could have been expecte.,l'
the drop fell. Leslie alone seemed dead almost inane°.
ately, but the other three struggled considerably. They
were cut down after hanging the usual time. By thi`t
execution no less than 13 unfortunate children have bees
deprived of their natural protectors. Maynard has left "
wife and five children, Sandford a wife and one 0111°1
Leslie a wife and three children, and Newitt a wife and
four children.
Dr. Home, from Berlin, who is making a report to hit
Government of the prison discipline in this country, "le
present upon this occasion. eptrt.ttisi

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