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NYEP(D.752.020
27 Jul 1752:11,12 (277)
Bristol [England] April 25. Yesterday about one o'clock in
the afternoon, Nicholas Mooney, John jones, and William
Cudmore, were executed on St. Michael's Hill, pursuant to
their sentences. . . [10 lines] After prayer and singing
were over, [Mooney] deliver'd to the sheriff the printed
copy of his life, signed with his own hand; declaring as the
words of a dying man, that it contained nothing but what was
true. . . [1 column]
After the cart drew away, the hangman very deservedly had
his head broke, for endeavouring to pull off Mooney's shoes;
and a fellow had like to have been kill'd in mounting the
gallows, to take away the ropes that were left after the
malefactors were cut down. -- A young woman came 15 miles
for the sake of the rope from Mooney's neck, which was given
to her; it being by many apprehended, that the halter of an
executed person will charm away the ague, and perform many
other cures.
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