A
TRUE
ACCOUNT
OF
THE
Behaviour
,
Confession
,
AND
EXECUTION
OF
William
Charley
and
Ann
Scot
,
Who
Received
Sentence
of
Death
on
the
27th
.
of
August
last
,
at
JUSTICE-HALL
in
the
OLD-BAYLY
,
and
were
Executed
at
TYBURN
On
Friday
the
4th
.
of
this
Instant
September
1685.
As
also
a
Brief
Account
of
the
Seven
other
persons
,
who
received
Sentence
of
Death
with
them
,
but
before
Execution
found
mercy
in
a
Gracious
Reprieve
,
viz.
John
Thompson
,
Thomas
Draper
.
Thomas
Glanister
,
Cathrine
Baucer
,
Cassandra
Widdows
,
Ellenor
Steel
,
and
Elizabeth
Hacker
.
STill
it
appears
,
notwithstanding
the
many
precedent
Examples
Justice
has
made
of
Offenders
,
that
divers
are
besotted
to
that
degree
,
or
deluded
by
the
wiles
and
Temptations
of
the
Enemy
of
mankind
;
that
regardless
of
their
Safety
,
Lives
,
or
Reputations
,
they
will
rashly
run
themselves
to
Ruin
and
Disgrace
,
neither
fear
of
Shame
nor
Severity
being
of
force
sufficient
to
keep
them
within
the
Bounds
of
Honesty
and
civil
Behaviour
,
nor
to
make
them
look
back
and
consider
the
danger
they
are
in
,
till
it
is
too
late
to
Retrive
the
sad
disaster
,
then
,
and
but
then
,
they
are
content
to
open
their
Eyes
,
and
inform
themselves
how
they
have
been
intic'd
and
drawn
away
how
easily
they
have
consented
to
the
perswasions
of
wicked
persons
,
whom
Satan
has
laid
as
snares
in
their
way
to
undo
them
,
as
will
more
evidently
appear
in
the
following
Relation
,
in
which
is
contained
;
more
especially
the
Crimes
,
Manner
of
Behaviour
and
Confession
of
two
Persons
cut
off
by
the
Hand
of
Justice
,
in
the
prime
and
strength
of
their
days
,
as
it
was
observed
and
taken
from
themselves
in
Newgate
,
&c.
William
Charley
,
Tryed
the
precedent
Sessions
,
holden
at
Justice-Hall
in
the
Old-Bayly
upon
an
Indictment
of
Felony
and
Burglary
,
Committed
on
and
in
the
Ware
House
of
one
Mr.
William
Loveday
,
Scituate
in
the
Parish
of
St.
Michaels
London
:
It
appeared
that
Cloath
had
been
stolen
thence
to
the
value
120
l.
and
that
upon
search
,
part
of
it
was
found
in
Crouders-Well-Alley
in
Jeven
street
;
and
upon
further
inquirie
it
was
proved
to
be
brought
thither
by
Charley
and
others
,
as
likewise
other
percels
of
Cloath
,
that
had
been
carried
out
and
disposed
of
,
and
he
having
been
formerly
burnt
in
the
hand
,
no
person
appearing
to
give
testimony
on
his
behalâ—Ź
,
he
was
found
Guilty
;
when
upon
his
Conviction
he
became
exceeding
sad
,
imagining
as
he
since
confessed
no
mercy
would
be
allowed
him
,
since
he
had
refused
to
take
warning
by
his
former
punishment
.
The
day
following
,
being
the
27th
.
of
August
last
,
he
with
Eight
other
Offenders
received
Sentence
of
Death
,
and
was
returned
to
Newgate
in
order
to
prepare
himself
for
another
World
,
his
offences
having
render'd
him
incapable
of
a
much
longer
continuance
in
this
;
where
(
upon
his
first
arrival
)
he
betook
himself
to
his
Devotion
,
imploring
the
God
of
mercys
,
to
have
mercy
upon
his
Soul
;
and
that
in
compassion
thereto
,
he
would
be
pleased
to
give
him
a
heart
to
repent
:
After
these
and
such
like
expressions
,
he
proceeded
to
declare
he
had
been
a
great
sinner
,
tho'
but
a
young
man
not
exceeding
25.
Years
of
Age
:
Being
asked
what
his
former
business
was
,
and
how
he
spent
his
time
before
he
fell
to
such
unlawful
courses
;
he
said
he
was
born
of
honest
Parents
in
Coventry
,
who
used
their
faithful
endeavours
to
qualifie
him
by
learning
and
what
else
was
convenient
for
business
that
might
render
him
credible
,
and
enable
him
to
live
in
the
World
;
and
that
as
soon
as
he
was
of
Years
capable
for
Employment
,
put
him
Apprentice
to
one
Mr.
Hix
,
a
Callender
in
the
City
of
London
,
and
furnished
him
with
all
convenient
necessaries
;
but
he
,
after
he
had
a
while
faithfully
served
the
said
Mr.
Hix
,
finding
opportunity
to
ramble
abroad
sorted
himself
with
bad
Company
,
which
by
degrees
drew
him
to
neglect
his
business
and
in
the
end
to
steal
,
the
better
to
support
and
maintain
his
Extravagance
:
Being
asked
what
was
his
first
Fact
in
that
Nature
,
he
replyed
,
stealing
a
considerable
quantity
of
Blew
Cloath
which
he
was
intrusted
with
by
his
Master
,
or
at
least
had
the
opportunity
of
taking
it
,
he
being
at
that
time
a
Porter
to
a
Drapers
Shop
,
which
Cloath
he
disposed
of
at
a
small
value
,
but
the
Theft
being
found
out
and
proved
against
him
;
He
was
about
Four
Years
since
burnt
in
the
Hand
for
that
Felony
,
and
Cashired
from
his
Service
,
after
which
;
rambling
up
and
down
he
fell
in
Love
with
a
Servant
Maid
,
and
to
mannage
Gentilely
his
Courtship
(
being
destitute
of
any
Lawful
Employ
,
whereby
he
could
support
himself
as
he
desired
)
he
said
he
betook
himself
to
unlawful
courses
stealing
(
as
opportunity
gave
leave
)
Goods
at
sundry
times
from
divers
persons
,
spending
the
small
value
he
had
sold
them
at
(
being
for
the
most
part
under
hand
)
upon
the
Woman
he
so
earnestly
desired
;
being
asked
how
he
found
himself
as
to
another
State
,
he
replyed
,
he
was
very
sensible
of
his
Latter
End
,
desiring
nothing
more
than
that
he
might
live
long
enough
to
make
his
peace
with
God
,
whom
he
had
offended
in
so
high
a
Nature
,
and
whose
Mercys
and
opportunities
of
Grace
he
had
slighted
and
rejected
,
for
which
he
was
heartily
sorry
,
hoping
that
it
was
not
too
late
to
repent
him
of
the
Evil
of
his
ways
,
desiring
such
as
came
to
visit
him
,
that
they
would
in
Christian
Charity
pray
for
him
,
that
God
might
give
him
a
true
Repentance
,
earnestly
desiring
that
his
misfortune
might
be
of
Efficacy
to
prevail
upon
others
not
to
give
way
to
deceivers
and
deluding
persons
,
to
intice
them
under
any
specious
pretence
whatsoever
,
to
give
up
their
mind
to
Idleness
and
Vanity
;
but
above
all
,
he
desired
that
all
young
men
Apprentices
would
seriously
weigh
his
condition
,
and
consider
by
what
degrees
he
was
brought
to
be
an
Object
of
Misery
,
which
he
said
he
well
hoped
would
be
a
means
to
continue
and
retain
them
within
the
Bounds
of
Apprentices
,
viz.
in
minding
the
business
they
were
intrusted
with
,
in
pleasing
their
Masters
,
and
giving
themselves
to
sobriety
and
moderation
,
but
especially
to
avoid
evil
company
,
for
that
had
ruined
him
,
and
is
indeed
the
Root
of
wickedness
,
shame
&
disgrace
.
To
those
that
came
to
visit
him
he
was
very
respectful
,
giving
great
attention
to
such
advice
as
was
given
him
,
relating
to
a
preparation
for
Death
,
and
so
continued
very
sensible
and
penitent
during
his
being
in
Newgate
.
Ann
Scot
,
Convicted
the
same
Sessions
with
the
former
,
and
receiving
Sentence
of
Death
,
upon
Evidence
that
she
had
Feloniously
taken
a
Flower'd
Mantua-Gown
,
a
Sattin-Petticoat
and
other
Goods
,
out
of
the
House
of
James
Marmion
,
Scituate
in
the
Parish
of
St.
Dunstans
in
the
West
,
and
not
being
capable
of
saying
any
thing
material
for
her self
;
she
upon
her
return
to
Newgate
became
sad
as
the
former
,
being
frequently
observed
to
wring
her
Hands
and
Sigh
,
saying
,
she
was
the
unhappiest
Woman
alive
wishing
she
had
never
been
Born
,
rather
than
to
have
fallen
into
so
unhappy
a
Condition
:
As
for
the
place
of
her
Birth
,
she
said
it
was
in
the
County
of
Down
in
Ireland
being
brought
up
there
to
work
divers
curious
Works
with
the
Needle
,
but
leaving
her
Parents
,
and
coming
over
upon
a
slight
occasion
,
the
chiefest
Motive
being
to
see
this
Country
,
and
she
after
a
while
brought
to
some
necessity
betook
her self
to
Imbrodering
,
and
found
a
considerable
Employment
,
living
as
a
single
Woman
,
in
White's
-
Alley
in
Chancery
Lane
,
working
there
very
hard
,
but
that
sort
of
business
failing
,
she
fell
into
loose
and
idle
Company
,
who
encouraged
her
in
Leudness
,
and
altogether
took
her
off
from
her
Employment
to
follow
unlawful
Courses
,
as
well
Debauchery
,
and
Prostitution
,
as
plfering
and
many
other
Matters
tending
to
Defraud
and
Injustice
,
which
by
degrees
had
imboldened
her
to
the
height
of
Wickedness
in
which
she
was
overtaken
:
She
said
about
a
year
since
she
was
Tryed
for
a
Cravat
valued
at
3
s.
6
d.
which
was
stole
,
but
there
being
no
other
Evidence
than
that
she
had
paun'd
it
upon
the
account
of
another
,
she
was
acquitted
,
yet
was
not
so
wise
as
to
lay
that
narrow
escape
to
her
Heart
,
nor
to
take
up
,
and
rest
her self
satisfied
therewith
,
wherefore
what
had
since
befallen
her
,
she
said
was
just
,
and
therefore
if
she
must
dye
she
would
bear
it
patiently
,
tho'
it
happened
untimely
;
she
not
being
above
34.
Years
of
Age
,
yet
the
greatest
part
of
that
time
she
had
misimployed
in
sining
against
her
maker
;
few
known
sins
that
she
was
capable
of
Acting
,
Murther
excepted
,
she
having
been
a
stranger
to
her
,
yet
she
hoped
God
would
not
lay
them
to
her
Charge
in
her
last
extremity
,
but
out
of
the
multitude
of
his
Mercys
,
accept
her
imperfect
Repentance
,
being
asked
whether
she
found
her self
disposed
to
imbrace
the
penalty
of
the
Law
,
punishing
with
Death
such
has
had
offended
in
the
like
Nature
as
she
had
done
,
her
reply
was
,
that
if
she
might
live
she
hoped
she
should
employ
her
time
for
the
future
to
a
better
advantage
,
but
if
not
,
God's
Will
be
done
;
and
so
continued
in
often
Prayer
to
her self
,
seeming
very
attentive
to
good
and
wholesome
advice
relating
to
her
immortal
well-fare
,
expressing
her
desire
to
be
instructed
therein
,
as
much
as
Conveniency
and
Opportunity
would
permit
,
and
in
that
State
of
Penitence
during
the
Respit
in
Newgate
she
was
very
diligent
.
Seven
other
Persons
lay
likewise
under
the
same
Condemnation
,
as
Catharine
Baucer
,
Cassandra
Widdows
,
for
being
concerned
with
Ann
Scot
,
in
Robbing
Mr.
Marmion
.
Thomas
Draper
,
for
stealing
a
Gelding
,
valued
at
6
l.
from
one
William
Watson
,
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Sepulchres
,
on
the
14th
of
August
last
.
John
Thompson
,
for
breaking
the
House
of
Thomas
Temple
of
the
Parish
of
St.
Michaels
Wood-street
on
the
21th
.
of
August
last
,
and
stealing
thence
7.
Napkins
value
4
s.
2
Handkerchiefs
value
1
s.
and
other
Linnen
.
Thomas
Glanister
,
for
breaking
open
the
House
of
John
Clark
,
in
the
Parish
of
St.
Andrews
Holborn
on
the
2
d.
of
August
last
,
and
stealing
3
Stuff-Coats
,
value
12
s.
2
pair
of
Breeches
value
5
s.
and
other
Goods
of
value
.
Elizabeth
Hacker
,
for
stealing
a
Chamblet
Cloak
value
6
l.
out
of
the
Chamber
of
one
Alexander
Hulston
of
the
Parsh
of
St.
Andrews
Holbourn
,
on
the
27th
.
of
July
.
But
these
,
in
hopes
of
their
amendment
and
being
reclaimed
,
found
the
Royal
Mercy
&
Princely
Compassion
in
a
Gracious
Reprieve
for
a
longer
Life
,
having
before
expressed
their
Sorrowful
sense
of
their
sad
Condition
to
which
they
had
brought
themselves
,
by
breaking
the
known
Laws
,
and
forfeiting
their
Lives
to
Justice
.
On
Friday
the
4th
.
of
August
,
William
Charley
and
Ann
Scot
were
put
in
a
Cart
,
and
conveyed
to
Tyburn
,
the
place
of
Execution
where
they
were
Executed
as
the
Law
in
such
Cases
requires
.
This
may
be
Printd
,
R.
L.
S.
September
the
4th
.
1685.