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again into the street. Soon after this the son commenced pickpocket, and in a short time he was reckoned the most expert of that fraternity. Being committed to Clerkenwell bridewell, he was reduced to a most miserable degree of poverty; but he no sooner obtained his liberty, than he procured decent apparel, and was from that time remarkably clean and neat in his appearance. He lived some years at the house of his uncle West, in Feather'scourt, High Holborn, who encouraged him to pursue those illegal courses which led to his destruction. He got unperceived into a grocer's, the corner of Long-lane, in Aldersgate-street, and stole a silverhilted sword from a room on the first floor. turning through the shop with his booty, he was asked some questions; on which he said he had been playing with master Billy, which he had informed himself was the name of the grocer's son, but on going out of the shop the sword struck against the steps, and he was taken into custody, brought to trial, and escaped conviction. Being provided with a taine sparrow, he let the bird fly into the window of a house in Hanover-street, and the door happening to be open, he went in, and concealed plate to a considerable amount. Hearing sonte person walking towards the room, he sought refuge in the area, where being perceived by an elderly gentlewoman, who was the only person in the house, he burst into tears, and saying his sparrow had flown into the window, begged he might be allowed to catch it. The old lady complied-and he soon found an opportunity of decamping with his booty. It was his common practice to play at marbles and other games with young gentlemen before the doors of their dwelling, and he seldom suffered an opportunity to escape of getting into and robbing the

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houses. He had a very remarkable boyish appear. ance; and on a variety of occasions that circum, stance greatly assisted him in the pursuit of his fe lonious designs. He became connected with a no1orious thief, who called himself Capt. Davis; and by means of the most artful stratagems that could be suggested, these accomplices perpetrated a surprising number of robberies. Davis was at length apprehended, and sentenced to suffer death, but be was reprieved on condition of transportation. About the middle of the summer 1778, the apartments of Mr. Kendrick, in Oxford-street, were privately entered, a bureau opened, and three bank-notes, of 100). each, and 130 guineas, and a silver watch, stolen thereout. Soon after Mr. Kendrick's robbery, Cox, and Wm. Claxton, another accomplice, went together to Reading in Berkshire, and there purchased three horses, for which Claxton paid with one of the notes stolen from Mr. Kendrick, receiving in part of change a 5ol. bank-note, which he afterwards changed at the Bank for notes of smaller value, two of which were found in the possession of West, Cox's uncle. On the first examination of these offenders at the Public-office in Bow-street, which was on Wednesdey, August 11, West said he received the notes of his wife on the day preceding that of her decease, which was about the time of Mr. Kendrick's robbery; but on the following Wednesday he assured the magistrates that the notes had been in his possession three years. In contradiction to this, it was proved the notes had not been many days issued from the Bank. Mr. Knapp and Mr. White, of Reading, appeared, and the 501. note, given in part of change of that of rool. was regularly traced from the hands of Claxton to the Bank, where he had changed it for others of smaller

value. West was discharged, the receiving of notes, which are the produce of other notes fraudulently obtained, not coming under the description of the law; `and Claxton was admitted an evidence against Cox, who was committed for trial at the ensuing sessions at the Old Bailey. The evidence against Cox was wholly circumstantial; but it was of such a nature as to be almost as strong as positive proof; and on this evidence he was convicted at the sessions at the Old Bailey in September, 1773. While under sentence of death, he seemed not remarkably shocked at the idea of the dreadful fate that awaited him; he was chearful among bis companions, yet he appeared not wholly regardless of the necessary preparations for eternity. He suf fered at Tyburn the 27th of October, 1773. The father was in America, under sentence of transportation, at the time of his son's execution.

COYLE, RICHARD. See RICHARDSON, J. CROSSWELL, JOHN. See ISDWELL, J.

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DAMAREE, DANIEL, (TRAITOR,) was waterman to Queen Anne, whose whig ministry having been turned out of or, in the modern phrase, having resigned their places, the tory ministry succeeded them, and encouraged a young divine, named Henry Sacheverell, to inflame the passions of the public, by preaching against the settlement made at the revolution, and inculcating all those doctrines which were then held as the favourite tenets of what was called the high church party, Sacheverell was a man of abilities, and eminently possessed

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of those kind of talents which are calculated to inspire such sentiments as the preacher wished to impress his auditors with. The doctor's discourses accordingly tended to instigate the people against the house of Hanover, and to insinuate the right of the pretender to the throne of these realms. This caused such a general commotion, that it became necessary to bring him to a trial in some way; and, contrary to all former practice respecting a man of his rank, he was tried before the house of peers, and was silenced for three years, upon conviction. But so excited were the passions of the populace in consequence of his insinuations, that they almost adored him as a prophet; and some of them were led to commit outrages which gave rise to several trials, particularly that of Daniel Damaice, who, on the 19th of April, 1710, was indicted for being concerned, with a multitude of men to the number of five hundred, armed with swords and clubs, to levy war against the queen. A gentleman deposed, that going through the temple, he saw some thousands of people, who had attended Dr. Sacheverell from Westminster hall; that some of them said they would pull down Dr. Burgess's meeting-house that night; others differed as to the time of doing it, but all agreed on the act, and the meeting-house was demolished on the following night. Here it should be observed, that Dr. Burgess and Mr. Bradbury were two dissenting minister, who had made themselves conspicuous by preaching in opposition to Sacheverell's doctrine. Captain Oil swore, that, on the 1st of March, hearing that the mob had pulled down Dr. Burgess's meeting-house, he resolved to go among them, to do what service be could to government by making discoveries. This witness going to Mr. Bradbury's meeting, found

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the people plundering it, who obliged him to pull off his hat. After this he went to Lincoln's- InnFields, where he saw a bonfire made of some of the materials of Dr. Burgess's meeting house, and saw the prisoner, who twirled his hat, and said, "D-n it, I will lead you on-we will have all the meeting-houses down-high church and Sacheverell, huzza!" It was proved by another evidence, that the prisoner having headed part of the mob, some of them proposed to go to the meeting house in Wild-street; but this was objected to by others, who recommended going to Drury-lane, saying, "that meeting house was worth ten of that in Wild-street." Joseph Collier swore, that he saw the prisoner carry a brass sconce from Dr. Burgess's meeting-house, and throw it into the fire in Lincoln's Inn Fields, huzzaing, and crying "High church and Sacheverell," There was another exidence to prove the concern that the prisoner had in these illegal acts: and several persons appeared in his behalf, but as in their testimony they contradicted each other, the jury could not credit their evidence, but brought in a special verdict. Another of the rioters, (GEORGE PURCHASE, who was also waterman to the Queen,) was indicted for the same offence; the witnesses were chiefly the same, and their evidence almost similar: Captain Orrill swore, that this prisoner ran resolutely with his sword in his hand, and made a fuil pass at the officer who commanded the guards, and if one of the guards had not given a spring and beat down the sword, he would have run the officer through the left flank; that the prisoner, however, retired a little lower, and the guards had by this time dispersed the mob, having knocked down forty or fifty of them in the action. This prisoner also produced some wit