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Printed in NC, 4: 307-9.
Printed in NC, 4: 307-9.
William Chaloner's Letter to Isaac Newton Esqr.
most mercifull r.
I am going to be d
but tis true I shall be murdered the worse of all murders that is
in the face of Iustice and unless I am rescued by r
r.r.
swore they ever saw me actually coyn but t
2ly that Holloway, Abbott Coffee Hitchcock Peck and
hanwell what they swore were facts done in the City +
Surrey which is directly t.
in Middx yet their evidence was given in charge t
the Iury I do not arraign none for the same nor the
Court but such a thing tho t.t
me and I like to loose my life thereby 3ly that all the
evidence (except that dt
to 8 years ago yet the t.th
of augt. last now that was not proved nor could be for I
was n
swore 4ly That all the Evidence t.
mallice I haveing convicted some and others given evidence t
them 5ly That there is no t.
of Coyning without some Circumstances to corroborate
the evidences testimony nor indeed can a man be convicted
of any other Crime whatever without some Circumstances to
prove the fact besides the evidence bare swearing of it
Some body must have lost something to prove the Thiefe
some person d
Evidence only High Treason t.
But poor I am Convicted by malitious evidence without
any Circumstances at all 6ly It was hard for me to be taken
out of my 5 weeks sick Bedd the last 3 weeks light headed
so tnly trs Carter swore t.
3 yeares before Convicted her husband of Forgery and d
he and she were coyning for ch
desire God Allmighty may Damne my soul to eternity
if every word was not false that Mrs Carter and her maid
swore t.t
had any thing to do with her in coyning nor ever intended
to be tsspoke to her t.
such thing Mrs. Holloway swore false t.
never to see the Great God and I desire the same if abbot
did not swear false t.td
knows I am drrp
will rtt.r r.
from being murtherd O Dear r
O my offending you has brought this upon me O for God's
sake if not mine keep me from being dr.dr
heart with mercy and pitty to do this thing for me I am
rdt.
W. Chaloner