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The Sentence of the Law is the you John Baddaford be taken from hence to the Gaol of Calcutta, & from thence on Saturday the 22d of this present month of December to the place of Execution and that you be there hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may God have Mercy on your soul.

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At the instance of the Jury, who thought the prisoner’s story highly probable, his execution is respited till Monday next, the 24th Decr, with intent that it be then further respited till his Majesty’s pleasure is known.