The Whole taken from the most authentick
Accounts, as the Informations of divers Justices of the Peace,
the several Shop-keepers above-mentioned, the principal
Officers of _Newgate_ and _New Prison_, and from the
Confession of _Sheppard_ made to the Rev. Mr. _Wagstaff_, who
officiated for the Ordinary at _Newgate_.
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J. ISTED, at the _Golden-Ball_ near _Chancery Lane_ in
_Fleet Street_, and the Booksellers of _London_ and _Westminster._
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TO THE CITIZENS
OF
_London_ and _Westminster_.
GENTLEMEN,
_Experience has confirm'd you in that everlasting_ Maxim, _that there is
no other way to protect the_ Innocent, _but by Punishing the_ Guilty.
_Crimes ever were, and ever must be unavoidably frequent in such
populous Cities as yours are, being the necessary Consequences, either
of the_ Wants, _or the Depravity, of the lowest part of the_ humane
_Species_.
_At this time the most flagrant Offences, as_ Burning of Dwellings;
Burglaries, _and_ Highway Robberies _abound; and_ Frauds _common_
Felonies, _and_ Forgeries _are practic'd without Number; thus not only
your Properties, but even your very Lives are every way struck at_.
_The_ Legislative Power _has not been wanting in providing necessary and
wholesome Laws against these_ Evils, _the executive part whereof
(according to your great Privileges) is lodged in your own Hands: And
the Administration hath at all times applyed proper Remedies and
Regulations to the_ Defects _which have happen'd in the_ Magistracy
_more immediately under their Jurisdiction_.
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