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    1. [KENT-ENG] GILES , UNDERWOOD , FITZSIMMONS , GARD ( 1776 )
    2. From Daily Advertiser ( London, England ), Tuesday, April 2, 1776; Issue 14130.   EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM MAIDSTONE, MARCH 18. "This Day were executed John GILES , alias CHILDS ; Charles UNDERWOOD ; and William FITZSIMMONS , for Highway Robberies.  When they came to the Place of Execution, GILES desired all People to take Warning by him ; as Card-playing, Cock-fighting, Horse-racing, Drunkenness, and keeping Company with bad Women, occasioned him to rob on the Highway to maintain it, and owned the Justness of his Sentence.  UNDERWOOD said Whoring and Drunkenness were the Occasion of his unhappy Fate, desired all People to keep good Company, and take Warning by him.  FITZSIMMONS declared his Innocence, and begged of God to forgive his Prosecutor. "Timothy GARD , who was an Accomplice and condemned with GILES , is pardoned on accepting of Transportation for Life."

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