Account of the sentence that passed upon William Ld. Russell, Thomas Walcot, John Rouse, and William Hone, at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bayley, on the 14th of this instant July, 1683, for high-treason, in traiterously conspiring the death of the King,

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That Paffed upon
William Ld. Ruffell,
Thomas Walcott John Roufe, and William Hone, at the Sef-
fwns*Hou[e in the Old-Bayley^ on the 14th of thisln-
ftant y&/y, 1^83, for High-Treafon, in Traiteroufly
Confpiring the Death of the King, to Leavy War, and
Raife a Rebellion, iyc.-
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Mam Lord Ruff el, Thoftias Walcot, John
Rbufe, and William Hone, having been
Convicted of High Treafon, forConfpi-
the* Death of the King, isc. were this
x4th!ofi brought into the Court to receive Sentance
of Death j and th'e Lord Ruffell being fet before the Bar,
the Clerk demiiiuled •( feeing he Was found Guilty of
High-Treafon, and by thd Law ought to dye) what lie
had to fay, TVtiy Judgement Ihould not pafs againlt him,
iyc. To which 'fe feplyed, ’That he did not conceive a
deljgn toLeavy War was a direct intent to Murther the
King, with which in thcrtndictnienc he was charged, and
therefore ..defired that his Indictment might be read,
which was by the Court accordingly granted: After
whichLte ’declareii, that fe had1 been informed, that Lea-
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