The History of the Remarkable Life of John Sheppard

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The Fact being plainly prov'd, theJury found him guilty of the Indictment.
Sentence of Death was pronounc'd upon him accordingly. Several otherProsecutions might have been brought against him, but this was thoughtsufficient to rid the World of so Capital an Offender: He beg'dearnestly for Transportation, to the most extream Foot of his Majesty'sDominions; and pleaded Youth, and Ignorance as the Motive which hadprecipitated him into the Guilt; but the Court deaf to hisImportunities, as knowing h
...im, and his repeated Crimes to be equallyflagrant, gave him no satisfactory Answer: He return'd to his dismalAbode the Condemn'd Hold, where were Nine more unhappy Wretches in asdreadful Circumstances as himself. The Court being at _Windsor_, theMalefactors had a longer Respite than is usual; during that Recess, _James Harman_, _Lumley_, _Davis_ and _Sheppard_ agreed upon an Escape, concerted Measures, and provided Instruments to make it effectual; butput off the Execution of their Design, on Account the two Gentlemenhaving their hopes of Life daily renewed by the favourable Answers theyreceiv'd from some considerable Persons; but those vanishing the daybefore their Execution, and finding their Sentence irreversible, theytwo dropt their hopes, together with the Design, they form'd for anEscape, and so in earnest prepar'd to meet Death on the Morrow, (whichthey accordingly did.

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