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PG-P.749.067
28 Sep 1749:22 (1085)
London, . . . July 27. Yesterday an odd affair happened
among the Palatines at Lambeth; one of whom having some
words with another, called 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 court of justice
consisting of five in number, who examined into the affair,
and after some time spent, he was sentenced to be hanged 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 consequences 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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