Page:Particular account of the murder of Mr Thos. Weare, the trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt and the execution of J. Thurtell.pdf/19

 awful situation in which I am placed, were I to be offered life for 100 years, with £20,000. I would rather die, as I am about to do, than live degraded and disgraced like him; a vagabond walking about the streets, pointed at by the finger of scorn. He has always been a wicked man, but my sincere hope is—that he may take warning, and turn from his evil ways.”

John Thurtell stepped up with a peculiarly solemn, but resolutely firm and manly step. His air and look were different from his usual manner, only by more marked gravity and seriousness. This was considerably increased by his being unshaven. He advanced forward