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NYEP(D.749.034
9 Oct 1749:22,31 (229)
London. . . July, 27. Yesterday an odd affair happened
among the Palatine at Lambeth; one of them having some words
with another call'd him thief, a name so odious, and a crime
with which those people are unacquainted, that it was agreed
by the whole body to have him tried for the offence;
accordingly they erected a court of justice, consisting of 5
in number, who examined into the affair, and and after some
time spent, he was sentenced to be hang'd in three hours.
Two hours he was allowed to pray, and one to sing, before
his execution. In the mean time a halter was provided, and
the execution had certainly been performed, had not the
captain, and some gentlemen in the neighbourhood, been
acquainted with it; who informed them that such proceedings
were contrary to the laws of this country, and the dangerous
consequence that would attend such unlawful executions. The
poor fellow had but a few minutes to live when the captain
was informed of it; and when he came, the halter was about
his neck.
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