'Mary Joy was convicted in July, 1834 ... She was indeed in bad health at the time of her coming to Newgate; she believed she should not recover, and her dread of death was extreme. She could not read, but it was her delight to listen to the Scriptures, and when others who were more dangerously ill were read to in the adjoining ward of the Infirmary, she would come, whether invited or not, to hear what was read'