Parents – The notion of minded your parents advice is continually used to help contextualize the criminal as well as there wicked deeds. But in this narrative we are only told of the fact that Jubeart’s parents were reputable and tried as best they could to educate their son John. This narrative does not speak of any disobedience on Jubeart’s part but instead focuses on the deep emotional ties that he had to them. His mother’s death sparked an unsettling feeling that led to the continually relocation jubeart went through in the rest of his life. This destabilizing factor is the spark that led to his destructive path.
curiosity – Jubeart claims that his first attempt to counterfeit money was not in the spirit of criminality for which he would directly benefit but rather an experiment. This shows the nature of man being drawn to the notion of easy money. This desire to take property/money without having to work tirelessly until it falls in your lap becomes a common theme of crime narratives.  This was Jubeart’s way of testing the boundaries of societal regulations, a temptation that led to his capture and subsequent death.
peace – The notion of resting in peace is common throughout our culture and in the case of persons sentenced to death achieving this peace is all that can be attained while still on this earth. Therefore the entire confinement period until the execution was carried out was seen as a time for people to repent and come to terms both with their lives and their internally suspected fate. Going to the gallows with a mind in a state of unrest is the worst possible punishment.