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 forced to dismount; and in the meantime doubted not, by the mob’s, assistance, he should make his escape. But this scheme was discovered in the press-yard just as he was going into the cart, and the knife, upon which all depended was taken from him.

At the place of execution, he behaved with great decorum, and confessed the crimes for which he was about to suffer. He was hanged at Tyburn, on Monday, November 10, 1724, in the 24th year of his age. He died with great difficulty, and was much pitied by the mob. When he hung about it quarter of an hour, he was cut down by a soldier and delivered to his friends, who carried him to the Barley Mow, Long Acre, and he was buried the same evening in St. Martin’s Church-yard.