Transcribed from the 1815 Wm. Hone edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org THE POWER OF CONSCIENCE EXEMPLIFIED IN THE GENUINE AND EXTRAORDINARY CONFESSION OF THOMAS BEDWORTH; DELIVERED TO ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF NEWGATE, THE NIGHT BEFORE HIS EXECUTION, ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1815, FOR THE Murder OF ELIZABETH BEESMORE, _IN DRURY LANE_. * * * * * RELATING HIS HORRIBLE SUFFERINGS UNTIL COMPELLED TO SURRENDER TO PUBLIC JUSTICE BY THE CONSTANT SUPERNATURAL VISITATIONS OF THE MURDERED WOMAN, AND THE FREQUENT APPEARANCE OF HER APPARITION. [Picture: Man with expression of terror] FROM THE ORIGINAL PAPER, NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE PUBLISHER. * * * * * Including interesting Particulars of BEDWORTH’s former Life, his behaviour before Execution, and _an original and full_ Report of the _Common Serjeant’s_ Address on passing Sentence. * * * * * _LONDON_: PRINTED FOR WM. HONE, 55, FLEET STREET, By J. Swan, 76, Fleet Street. _PRICE SIXPENCE_. 1815. THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE AND CONFESSION OF THE LATE _THOMAS BEDWORTH_, AS RELATED BY HIMSELF, BEFORE GOING ON THE SCAFFOLD.