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| COLE, William
| Hanged, Philadelphia, Pa., on July 29, 1789.
| "Wednesday last William Cole was executed on the commons

of this city, for robbing on Wilsahickan (?) road two
countrymen coming to market. He had two accomplices in
that business who are not yet taken, and all of them had
but a few days escaped from the jail of this city, being
sentenced to hard labor for some years as a punishment
for former depradathons on the inhabitants in and near
this city. Cole had proved himself incorrigible by re-
peated robberies. It is said that from his sentence to
his execution, BRé@kavx his behevior was suitable to his
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| COLE, William
| Hanged, Philadelphia, Pa., on July 29, 1789.
"Wednesday last William Cole was executed on the commons
of this city, for robbing on Wilsahickan (?) road two
countrymen coming to market. He had two accomplices in
that business who are not yet taken, and all of them had
but a few days escaped from the jail of this city, being
sentenced to hard labor for some years as a punishment
for former depradathons on the inhabitants in and near
this city. Cole had proved himself incorrigible by re-
peated robberies. It is said that from his sentence to
his execution, B@NaAK his behevior was suitable to his
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COLE, Williem

Hanged, Philadelphia, Po., on July 29, 1789.

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