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    1. [SRY] Hanging of HOARE , KILBURN , COOPER & SUTTON aka ST.IVES ( 1738 )
    2. >From London Evening Post ( London, England ), August 26, 1738 - August 29, 1738; Issue 1683. Last Saturday William HOARE , Richard KILBURN , William COOPER , and Stephen SUTTON , alias ST. IVES , for robbing on the Highway were executed at Kingston, at which Place they were attended by the Rev. Mr. FISHER , Curate of Kingston Parish. COOPER said he was guilty of the Fact for which he was going to suffer. SUTTON declared that he was innocent of the Fact for which he was condemned; that he had no more dread of being hang'd than dying in his Bed, and that he never stop'd Man, Woman or Child in his Life, with an intent to rob them, but that he freely forgave the Person that swore against him. KILBURN denied the Fact, said he had been guilty of several Crimes, and had formerly been transported. William HOARE , who was quite stupid, either with Fear or Sickness, or quite ignorant of his unhappy Condition, declared he was innocent, and that they had taken away his Life wrongly. After they were cut down, the Bodies of SUTTON , KILBURN , and COOPER were buried at Kingston, and HOARE at Wandsworth.

    08/20/2011 12:20:07