Ended the sessions at the Old Bailey, at which four received sentence of death, viz. Richard Parrot, for the wilful murder of his wife, by cutting out her tongue; Esther Bowden, for the murder of her bastard child; John Perrott, a bankrupt, for concealing his effects, and Samuel Lee, for publishing a forged bill of exchange, who were accordingly executed. Twenty received sentence of transportation for seven years, two to be whipped and one was branded.
Parrot on his first examination appeared to be deaf, tho' his plea, it is said, for cutting out his wife's tongue was, chat she was an intolerable scold.
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