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| | Scenes at the Gallows |
 | | Smith and the other malefactor under sentence of death here, were for being their own executioners, and, for that end, took each a large dose of poyson; which being perceived to operate very much the day after, the Sheriff caus’d ’em to be hang’d up early the next morning. |
 | | Woon were executed at Heavytree gallows, near Exeter, for the murder of Mr. |
 | | The concourse of people was so great, that they broke down the gallows, just as the malefactors came, which obliged the Sheriff to convey them back to Irondish, ’till another could be erected, and it was near 6 before they were turned off. |
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