MR. JUSTICE HARBOTTLE.
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Two were respited, seven were hanged; and in that capital catalogue was this line:
"Lewis Pyneweck—forgery."
She had to read it half-a-dozen times over before she was sure she understood it. Here was the paragraph:
"Sentence, Death—7.
"Executed accordingly, on Friday the 13 th instant, to wit:
"Thomas Primer, alias Duck—highway robbery.
"Flora Guy—stealing to the value of 11s. 6d.
"Arthur Pounden—burglary.
"Matilda Mummery—riot.
"Lewis Pyneweck—forgery, bill of exchange."
And when she reached this, she read it over and over, feeling very cold and sick.
This buxom housekeeper was known in the
