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LONDON 8: MIDDLBSJSX.

Bcgi1mi11g on Wea’7zefa’ay, Decemlv. 1  16 78.
and ending the 12th of the fame Month.  

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i3At the General tSeflEem of the Peezee,

Seflioezs of Oyer and Terminer, and Geol-
  Delivery of Nevvgate, holdeez for the Cit‘)

of Londonmzel SC 024722‘)! of MiddlCfCX,' D6-

cemb. I It,” Anno Regni Carole’ Seczme/i Re-
I gis 30. A.nn0queDom. 1678. I

\¥; *' §\<pf ’*,*j  He Lord Mayor and three other Jufiices being
a T,  "*1;  fate, two Commiflions were read, one "of
-~ ~’f M R  Oyer and Terminer, and the other of Gaol-
 delivery of Newgate; and after that the ufu-
e": 2 al Proclamation for the attendance of thofc
L ‘.1.-4 I I , Q?’  who had any thing to do there was made:
' 5  )4  The Jurors for Lomlon, that had been Im-
pannell’d and Summon’d,were called to appear, and the Defaulters
Recorded 5 and the like for the County of Midzllefex.
The Clerk Arraigned fome of the Prifbners on London-fide,
whole Names and Offences were as followeth.

ARRAIGNMENTS.  
I. Sufi»: Ban./fer, aliae Green, Indicted for Healing of Goods to

 
   

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the value of 13 I. To the Indiétment {he pleaded Guilty. She

was one that had been Convified before of Felony, and was to be

"Tranfported 3 but as {he was going, committed this Theft.

7.. Stephen Arrowfmith Indiéled, for that he, the 7th. of 72:1}

laft, did ravifh and abufe one Elizaheth Hopkins, an Infant, the

age of eight years, againfi the form of the Statute in that cafe.

‘To the Indiétment he pleaded Not Guilty, and puthirnfelf on the

Countrey. ,

3. 70/.m Baltee Indicted, for that he, the 3. Decem. 16 7 8. at the
Parifhof St. Bennet F ink, did fteal a Silver Tankard of the value
of 5'1. from one Yhomee: Browning. He pleaded Not Guilty, and
put-himfelf upon the Countrey. I '

4.. ‘fame: Baremem Indiéted, for that he, the myth. of Nofvem.

16 78. did Real a Silver Tankard of 51. value, from one Nicholat
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'_7.<zc£fon._ He pleaded Not Guilty,'and put himfelf on the Countrey.

5'. Ijgmm en an Indiélfied, or that fhe, the 12th, N07/gemb.
gitfizfi.-‘*ht_t1%L r Yfildoffifat 11 a¢»2;'I<zng*éa,.L»m2!»a2rdar%re<r,
7 ‘did, eglhffroni Z_7arofinz;t3j :Rff{{91;&,§?Eflt'€CI‘l yatfdsolr.Ve7¢etz'ztn Sill_<,,of 71.
“Wadi . 3?‘-Net{}nilt'y‘} endiput her {elf upon the
A  .'If/Ellipzgm Sbzzizesby Indiéled, For thathe, the 4.t/3. of Navemé.
‘I6 "8.'~ at tl5'e_‘I’_itj‘ill1 ‘of St. S‘cpz£Z_c/37'e:, did Real and drive away

~-iffvl: I§i1ll(Jk€il§§§,r{:C(XliI.)'£l't‘=-‘.lDli1Cl<;i0l" the value each of them 5*}. and one ~

Bullock colour Br-ihdlg, 1. ofi.':5-[.,Value, of the Goodsof William
Lord Petra’. He c°onFef§’(l liimlelf Guilty of that and all other Of-
fences within the benefit ol'Cler<ry.

  Then the em fol"-,(l;1idd[e]£¢ A1'raig.ned ‘§.7f13€'~0f~:t:l1(_::f;P.l°.li@1;I)g‘Sii

 in tl1*€17;sT.(v—‘v<.>t.1I1lE:)fa.t-*1/1'3:-.*ze .“ .; ~

—I; .51. GS/Incite’!3$QZ7fPfi7?;'1§1.<li§l€<l5 fé>F«.,tih?ll.1;%  -

..t_'=1,§ 7 8, did’ fhe,3La‘ S1lqerCup;,'of the value  fromlfbgjipfis

A Halflfeaa’. He,pl,ea,cl'ed; Not Guilty, and ptjfhimféélf. u,p,on"?_tl\)e
Countrey.» -  t G. F ' ' ' ‘   * ",‘:‘lftl“;, 

. 2.. Mm9.«.;R;eazl I.ndi&¢d,ei.f9r .t.1.1at flue, ‘the 
i did,-ll.C'r1l:.  Rit1,g,ofitl1e,tvalue,of .73, from Step/aenflzggins.
She pleaded Not ‘Guilty’, and puthert felf upon 1_;l1e,Countrey. _ , _

p ; 33, }l«1.;.7gzzg;e; I/Vpo(l,’e4afiz£rLA‘1exandér, Indiéled, for that {he the
73.11. Oéfob. I6 8. didllzeal f‘r‘ort1oneRo/7ert‘,1.L;,zm!7ert‘ _3._SllV€r Cup,
of the Value of? 9:. She pleaded Not Guilty, and put her {elf upon
the Counttey. \  ' _    up  -;  i

. « _;t.. .(I_fll'-;‘]"£1l;p_£'1'7¢.5 and _°fzme B22/J Indiéled, , fo1'*Pte_ztling fome. Li-

,;:l_e)i of Q;,;y3.1lt1e, ‘from Hvqmas Burgleéin, 2.1 Now, 78. They

7 ,both p_ ded Not Guilty, and put themlelves upon the Countrey.
5‘. °folm Leak of I/VZ)ite-cbappel lndiéled, for that _he the 161%.

-..No‘=z)e‘m!/. 1 678. did {teal two Pieces of Broad-élotli from one W?l- e

«ham xllacla/mm, oficthe Tenters in Gaodznamjclolt,  He "plead-
ed Not Guilty, and put hirnfelf upon the Countteyn .- t _f - i   
6. T/some: Naptozz oftS/aoreaylitcb Indiéted, for tl1at.,l1e, the 34!.
Decemb. 16 7 8. 4.0 yards of Broad-clo:;th,' of the value of . ;_6_s.pe 1r
j.'ard,did llealyfrom one Ralp/3 H/a1fo7'r1; and 7.0 yards more from
Jon: zftztérolms. ,To which he pleaded Not Guilty, and put 
juponthe Cou_ntr_ey. -  t_ t 7 _ _   _'    7. 
7; 43’z'nne zlloztnaf/Q1 of Hollzornilndiéledfor that llic the 41/2. l\70?r}.
,1-67 8. :1 Stuff Gown and Peticoat, and lime Linen of linall Va.lue‘,
didlleal from /1447} Bhzfim, To this {he pleaded Not Guilty, and

pu£‘l1er'lelf upon the Countrey.; 8. Mg?-

 

 

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” Siliier “spoons” 1l.‘4.:. a Ltvery Gown  Ja_ Chamlet 

I and put her {elf L on theCou-ntrey.

l_’l9"5-o I. WeightrofLead-f1-orn ol¥..tl1e%Pa1°ifh_ Cl1Ll1;(Tl1.l+S1¢f7{7(i)’, bg-

‘Bills w‘ei~e'fim-n‘ anew to en uire u on the New Commillions.
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-  Mm-gmhimirb..Lad,i€%¢d»f¢f#?951136; the 1.2% «.167 8.
  dié1fi§a1r’fiX;ya#°%lsofisflkofia fi1“’-ll«r~V:?‘.I¥3F**at W9 Siirstr Skuélcfcszps

'and~.1 5'1. in Money, (from o,ne~Zl/flfllnger. ; She rpleaded Not‘.G_Liilty,

9. :75” .70/moron and :Z79o}72/zs ffobnfonlr1di<§lcd,t;for_tol<lngaw:t:y

ing tl1e1'e:tofa'llned{ Tolthié T1-‘erp'afst ’ they pleaded N&£"Gu;1ty, and
put thernfelves upon the;(3otmtrey. . .. 4
 Then the -Grand Jury. For Lcnglon, comingin to bringin their

:fo,r1le1",d  e — r  . _t . r L \ - I _ V
.  0. jtofizp/9 Brown, for that he, the 16t/2.Na't_'zg1:». I 67 8. at All-
_J-Iaillows [7] t/ye Wizll, 1 oo yards of black \7Vorf’ted Cr-ape, of the va-
.lu_e 0? 8!. ofthe Goods of Ric}.7m'zl Croke, did {tea}; which he con-
felled himfelf guilty of, and ofall other oflences within benefit of

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7'1 ‘he Pril‘ohers ForLLcm1o1¢ were called ' to the Bar to look to their
_C1ha.llengos,. and the Petty-Iury were fivorn, Whofe names follow:
IFmé:':;z.'4 IQ-‘nton',‘_7ame: Lap/ey, I/I"/Ellizzm Havel, Scmrzrei If/?//iams,
Il7’z'l[iaz~zz S_a/te‘r,,1Ric/azzrzl K etc/9, I\Tz'c/solar Rid‘/e)’, 7»!/Plfztrm .5'z‘am/:72,
Raf/pl? Cool’, _ I7VI/A/i.m_z." I/AV7,2_it9;2cl1', ffonfla B.zzzti;".rz72, antl Ant/Jon}
’Foffer.' '   ‘ l ‘ '

 \.7Vl1icl1 being «dorge, the Clerk lo1fLomlo71,Arrgtigned another ‘Pri-

  Al;;e.i,£1g numhred, Proiflaqaation in the ufital folhi was

fijéderfofffifornfation agztinll the Priloners at the B211‘, end for Pl'C9
lfi-:Ctttio‘n.fron1 thofe, who by Recogmzunce were obliged to it:
Afid tltoalefivho were lmparmelled for the Iury, but were not fivoz 11,

\ w'¢4'¢.difmifTed.  t 4 cl

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 ‘Their’; the xve1'efch:ir'ged to enqL_1ire.of “_7o/mBa1rce, upon "
the ‘lndifftfient before tiienfioned, wlietliei‘ GL'1ilt',Vor Not Guilty ’
ofllcaling the T9._nl<ard-off/aomzu, Broawzmg, . V
‘ o prove the Clmrge, one Elizabeth I/Vcb gave this Evidence,
That the _Priloner- atthe Bar broughtthe Tankard to her houfe,e¢
ahd toldlier, he would either Pawnlit, or tell it : And being asked
 it wgs, he_§faid,e_It was nothis own, buta_Get;tlCnaans hard
 whohad "lent him vv.i,th,_it.eto Pawn ordSiell.'; .Shtv looking upon l
the Tankard, faw the Nameof the Owher, and ~the.Sign where
he lived, engraven upon it, to whom lhe fent immediately to;

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know whether he had given the Priloner Order to Sell it or Pawn it :

and kept the Prifoner till he came, which when he did, he owned the
T Tankard, but denied. the Prifoner had it with his Cionfent, and {6

they carried him before the ]u{’tice. '

Brawvsing the Owner of the Tankard depofed that he was a Cook, V
living behind the Exchange, that the Prifoner, the third of Decem- A .
'I1er lall, came in there with {bme other Perfons to drink, and Role s

the Tankard, and confefled the Matter before Sir Williizm

s Yimzer.

Sir Wifliam Turner’: Clerk witneffed his Confeflion before Sir
IVzZliam, and that he laid, he wasa poor fellow and in dillrefs, and
fo took it torelieve his Wants. S   S

The Prifoner being asked what he could now fay to it, denied
that he took it out of the houfe, but {aid that a Man, whofe name
he could not tell, gave it him to pawn : he confefled his beingat that
Houfe that day, but was innocent of Stealing the Tankard. {But
not being able to prove his aflirmation, it was left to thejury to give
what Credit they would to them. _

The next that was tried, was Hanna}: Hemmm for Pcealing Silk
from Mr. Rutt] a Mercer in Lumbard-Street. T

The Wirnefles were Neighbours, who depofed that the Prifbner
with another \Voman , went into Mr. Ruttfs Shop, and there
{i1atch’d up the Silk and went away.. They followed them, and
laying hold on the Prifoner, the other {lipt from them and ran for it 5
but they found the Silk about her, upon’ which they carried her

.before the Magiflrate, who Comitted her. She being asked what

defence {he could make, {aid the other Woman told her {he had
bought it, and gave it her to carry away; but could not produce
the Woman, nor would tell the Name. Whereupon the judge di-
reéted the Jury to find it according to fo lain an Evidence; but

becaufe the man had his Goods again, Ie the Value to their Con-Le °

lideration. .
' The ]ury then without coming from the Bar, agreed of their,
Verdict, which they gave in thus. ' We
Th at, 70/an Baltee was guilty of the Felony he was‘indi€ted for.
And T   I   '
That Harmzib Hemmm was guilty of the Felony {he was indiéied
for, but they found the:V-alue to be but 93. ‘

After which they were diféliarged, and to appear at Three aclock
in ll1€ afternoon, in their Gowns.

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T hen the Prifbners of Midillefex-fide, ' were called to the Bar,
and bid to make their Challenges iftheypleafed. The Jury then

were Sworn, whole Names were, _7olm Cane, ffames Sutton, fame:

Harper, William Rider, William Hardy, Claarles Pickering, William
Tlzomfon, Tbomae Plaelps, Stephen Lawrence, T/Jamar Cox, George
Calcott, aml_7olm Bart. ‘ i

' _ , Proclamation for Information, and Prolecution being made as

before, they went on to the Trials of the Prifoners. And the firltwas

Samuel T/Jomjbn, indiéted for Pcealing a Silver Cup from Hal--
ji‘eacl,_and Tliomae Hal/leacl the Owner of the Cup gave this Tel’ti- -
S mony againfl: him.

‘That there came a Boy and the Prifoner together, and were Walk- a

ing up anddown the Street, and he lent the Boy into the Shop where
no body was; the Boy takes the Cup which was in the Shop, and

coming to the Door gives it to the Prifoner. And one that was com- ~

ing by, {Being the Boy give the Man fotnething, Cri’d out, upon
which the Muller of the Houfe came forth, and being. told what

was done, run after them and took the Prifoner with the Cup, but -.
the Boy was loft in a Croud of'Twenty Boys more. That the dill ance ;
of the Place where he was taken, from the Houfewhence the Cup“
was Stollen, was about twice- the Length of the Court. That he.‘

did not carry. the Cup openly, but hid it under his Coat. i
To this, the Prifoner fad, he was coming by there, and ‘the

Boy (whore name he could not tell, nor had he; ever feen him be-—
fore,) i gave, it him, faying he had. taken it up by the<DuPtCart,, S
and that was all he could fay for himfelf. . Being asked what Pro-

feflion he was of, he anfwered a Shoomaker. ‘ Upon which weak

defence the Judge told the Iury, they were to confider of the F aél:—:
L and the Value, the Party havinghis Gup again,

. The next with whom the Jury was Charged was.

Mary Ream’, for Mr. 'Higgiri:-’s’ Ring, againfi -whom.Stepbm.‘a

Higim depofed thus.
a That the Prifoner had been a Cuftomer-to -the Shop forinear a

Twelve Month, and ufed. to come with a high Crownd Hat co- ‘
vered with an 0 1d Cafe like a Country Market.Woman,and would’

ask. for. Rings, o ullluch a Value, and would have them no more
nor; rno lefé. I She faidfi1e?lived atHolloway,f‘and-came almoltevery

Week-to the Shop; but yet {he never bought above two in all, {he
only would cheapen, and he loll: a greatrnany, which he believed .
fheflzoleftom him. The Saturday_ before this Ring, wassgonfa {he ‘

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- wErc to outwayh her bare .AIlegz'1t"ions',, and, lick}; the Mémzgrto rslamig,
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him, ..-becaufiauhet: had .be.€n'. with.-hats Brpthen fixzor (even-tiineralzhei-i ‘

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gzifhfi tHei1;'béh‘;lQ3Z“§a'R .t ..'  frilfdiiiffig-53 4
when IhcLcamc,‘, havixig a -Ihfpicioii _’h:1,;hcre7ff2I€zcd-to laywaéirfoxir

h:er;.. .'Sl1<;-camef and asked fqr'a~Rir_1 5.;-.of.1i1’Ch ,a Value.:a.£~I‘e§ 11e‘aCli?&1

down .a Box, in .whicb- ‘th€rC'._ .w.ere. 'Rings:~_u‘pdn.  ma: 7

laia it before her, {he pitch’d uponone, which :Beingt2wv¢ig1z?d~,}}, 

l~és‘rB‘2£cR;§ra'nd* flJe.tp9k*h6Kd.vdr1'jit,'f 2in'cl‘put one into’: her  2'
\.Vh"£’n he Lurrhfd-abbut hf: prefently Inifs-’dt.1ie Ring-,.and éfliitning
the Box was. fufl, tax’d '_‘hCl“ with it»-1;’ .bi1t’.fhe‘ ~&de‘nied~'it,’ ’and.”ofl}ér’.d”’ _
to be Seairched. A Gcntlexvoman who was by,’ andrhad ‘féeTn;}’rer{puc‘. V
.ichii1 hc1°,BoIbmg £916: 1xerfq,°:and _fl1éfoii‘<:1‘i;Lag :9 u11d1-e{§.’n‘ér-;Sic1f, rilziéy - '4
carried hcfiintd.t11: Kigéhhti and thdlferopmizigheit Boibihfrhe R*h;g:i h ,
drQp’d3-upon 7!hc' \Brick$fin.r.IheFi0.0i‘; ;;:;And-heI22jdit;v;;s::h;F:Fi1’th:; ,9
Ring {he had SEO.1C:f.Y'OIl1 him.’ f ”  , ’ _'  5?? -7; ;-: 

. T‘hc,\7Voni;1i1TtCfiifitd her Facing the Pri{E)neh1t.puthhe;'liai1d,‘t'o5hgr2
Botbm, and that .l}:¢ .h'ea\L‘d in-fall upon hthe-Bfid<s,,[b13tTchdn61:i"de‘!
it F411,;  : ='1‘hc.Va1"ue 9.1: thézfiing was SWo:‘xr.toI>m8é%vcn shuimgs. :: :. '

2 :The SP-,dtixnc:i‘ l'VV.i£‘1«1¥2: great (it?-:11 r.('>f'   aha  I
azadlllat it,Wi1'S/‘b,'ll|5.a‘:.r ri.C1<:o€ t'h<;Go1dfmiehs, tomakc her 7f:‘ay.-fbm W {L
Rihgshc ha.d;LoI?:: But. the Court told the.Jufy;th£:Witr;cHEs;(3thes:' h

for?.t‘-isrVa1.ue.,;~ f -(.~_h;.-:;':.\.~.~-. . um‘ ,_., .1  1 :.:.:   . ~
~.~.T:h¢xi {was -Isiéd«,;:2‘cLlzniI:cx;»€e,;for shn Cloth Q€I~f*5lJ:isam~;Ma£}2axgv,' I 
fl:old)>f1?;th‘<:s:'I'e§ateqe;, réigaixifi bthbm.’ §}d~}?5/¥iuaeflEsg‘a5~ei-bis(Evi.'; h
denézé.-';:?..h E h   .'~fi :1”: 5% r W h 2’   .4.»  ;
; Macélzdm Swot: thabhe :loIl:two=an.d TWenty;Y;a.rds.of Cloth off
his. T£n£crs',,.par}: ofiwhiclm was;Fc>,und-‘Vinitzhc hangs- of SufimRe'y,.
nolr/5, Whofilid {he had,-3i;s;Fr_omth€J?1iiR>r1cvI~g2zk;¥.:apd;{zth€:: pai't3.:
of it‘ \_veref°ound  D)Id1‘s..;~ __;k‘f1cW:i'£.’to«*beh'i1§€1ad:vg it
W33 0111 ;G§°0€fl,§‘H01fH3-1E5...:i.'t;‘ '71‘;  ‘. ~_ ‘ 1".‘ .‘. s:‘:'f._' 
Stifim Reyna/.45 attéifccf that he ht"0ughtth.€‘C1ot}i’to her,".énd'.‘
defiredzhoit told; it _Up._£0l'_ him,-',t_ifI)l1_e _ca11é<5 £01’ it-.  That fhe}khFW

houiinx I; ho‘vU1§i»ki¢£Ihc~{¢9k:up $115.); .(ElmItfibk:a§f‘1y:m{Sm {m't;h'*:
him;:andhh¢:foaod.itiin:Gopk1-ma; Ei'¢1<ils;i-1133 fiefiréiii he_:::'n'i 1a;»;up-;
pars, ~Mizoieii.svJaa&2tb1£¥. ip hat‘-‘hmtfc, ;and£ta~.'¢ér'¢;r part of.it;£mhim;;
to't31<:*'D}?.€'I‘S- -..~   ; ».  h ; :1‘-:3 : ,3, :"  h ..    

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hc_:f‘a;id.he. an mqndetagina the wayol" it, ibt§teto1ildigiive‘tinoiEy'ie I

denceethat «it. i5Thei*e{iore*iewasleftftothe Jury. , -.
. Tlroéxaag Napton ‘was’~atheanexti~Pi°il'one~r.,' who wasindi&'ed*fiot
fiealing Cloth from ’I*VZzZfora', and Antbrolrzxfs, againll whom this
wastheproof. ‘ . ~ g — s ; r -

Ralp/9 Walfbrd teteliified that the Pyrifoner was a Polilher of Look-

, ing-Glaflies, and‘wr'ought’ and lodged in a place adjoyningto the
. Room where their Cloth lay. a One morning

, about five of the
Clock he comes to Walfird: houfe, andfiid that he-had been Rob°d,
that they had bound his feet with a Necl<cloth,and his hands behind
him with a Linen Stoclkin, and that after they were gone, he tin-
looled himfi-rlf, and .unbou.nd his feet, and rifing, loolt’d what=Cl_ot‘h
was gone,and;went to theother man Ambrobm, and ‘brought him to
flee what was loft, and there were l"ound=miifl'mg 7. Cilothsoti -Wiazixfi

ford: worth 8 3. odd Money, and a ‘long Merchants Cloth ofA’72.—
tlJ7‘Qb1l5 worth 9 5. odd Money; that he let the Thieves in upon

s- ',cl'»1ei'r ‘knocking, thinking they had been the Perfons belonging to the

Warehoufesg that he was not intrullled with the Cu llody of the
Cloth, but pe1'mitti:1g him to have a Key to it, and paflagethrou

it, they thousght their Cloth lecute-r For his lying there. " That he i

would take at thoufand Oaths, the Cloth was there that flight.
That he confefled he made no Outcry when he was before Sir

i WJliamTurmr.

« Antirrob»: fwore  fitch alike Pcoryto him, andfaid it was
his wealmefs that hedid not cry out 5 that his Wife was gone out that
morning by Thtee aclock to walking, as {he was indeed, and that

the Thieves 4 came about Four, and he came tothemtabiottt Five ‘

That he laid, he himlelf had loll nothingunlels 3 or 4.5. of his
Wives, and his Kettle, whit:-hiKettle he had lent to his own Son
in Law, zsdayssbefore. L ‘ ‘ M ii i

. The "Son in -Law to We{f'0rJ{i)eaks tothe lime elTe&, that he Tzid
libfiy nublecle him -about the Head, and bid him go toib'ed,“yOt1 
Dog, and then bound_him 5 that being told by I/Valford: wife,‘ it was
more like to be Evenings Work to take away the Cloth , l than

Mornings, he reply’d, for ought he ‘knew it might be fo,for ‘he was

out in the Evening, butv/hen he came in, he ‘did’ ot m‘if’s‘any_(>f
the Cloth, becaufe he ‘knew not what was there. i  ‘id afterwards
laid, the blefi ‘be God he tgotno hurt, but they did beatitheir Pilhils
about ‘his head; and before had ‘faid, ‘he wasalmofi killed? ’An‘d 
fame Evidence the ‘Woman gave.‘ And upon tbeTc‘Circuml'tances,
they Tu{'pc6ted.the Prifoner. B . He

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- He denied the Felony, and told theftory‘in-tCourt.l1imfelf.;’and
being asked whether they could not have «found,Ropc,f -(3; any
more likely thing to bind him with,;thanthe Stockitrand Neckcloth,
he laid there was Rope enough, but it’ was _-l1(_)t,‘;it1_tl_')_e Room The
layin, but in the]W'arehoul'e: he confefled he Paid it might be the
Evenings work, becaufe he had been forth, .-ya-ndadid no’: fee W113;
the Thieves carried away. That it was his weakflié-{H16 did not
purfiie them, and for fear he durlt not (thou 11 he could have done
it) unbind himfelf till they were gone. i T. at he appealed to the

veryProlE:cutors,he had behaved himfelf honell:ly,wrought hard for p

his living, and was never taxed with the wronging any man of thc
worth of a Farthing. Which was acknowledged by the Witneflég,

Hereupon the Court left it to the Jury, whether upon thefe Cir;
cumliances the Prifoner was guilty or not. 1

y   fame Bale], and iMar] Hip/aim, were next tried for flealing li‘[i1in'en-

from Mt‘. Burzlekin.
_ Mr. Burdekin fwore that he loll the goods out of his houfeitwhere
his Family is conliantly in Seacoal-Lam. That his Maid, could
tell how. i ; e _  as

1 She depofed, _ That {he went out of her ‘Mailers rhoufe to fetch
home a Child from School, and by ahole broken in the ,VVi;1doi’w

laid ihe key there, afterfhe had locked the door; and {he ,fi?)po- .

feth the door was opened by {blue that took the key out 0 the
window,for {he found it open when {he returned, and that it was
about four or live in the evening: and her Nliltris told her, the
little Dog barking very much, .made fome that were ;ibove-fiairs
‘come down, who found the door open, but no body there ; and
about half an hour after they miiled the things in the Indiftment.
That the reafon of their acculing thele Women was, becaufc one of
the Shirts was offered to be pawn’d by .7ane,Baley at (,‘g7;g-c,«9fi ;

and {he being examined, laid, {he bought it. of Mar H,'[,_k,f,,,; [‘
whom alfo they took upon fufpicion, but {he would con efs nothing i‘

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to them.  
:7.me Bale} the,Prif‘oner faid, That the other Prifoner Hipkim
fbldit her at a houfe called the T3220 Brewer.r,for 4.r._ andbeing 
terwards in w pt of money, wouldhave pawn’d it, She could not
produce any érfon that fee her buy it, butfhe brought onefi,Ma2e)(
Bunkctto tclhfie, that Hiplzim had laid to her in her hearing,'If
fhedid not like her bargain, {he would give her the money, again
upon ‘her complaint it was too dear. Andupon 0lhCr;(li{i:oux[‘¢,-
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 H;'.p£:'.rirr alfo was hea.i'd' by her to fay,__- That, had it not hcenefora
« ,, ifliing little Cur,-.{hewotild havedone her work betterrthan {he ’

dm;';~ ‘ . a ' i .
- i All which theother Prifbnet Hipkim denied, but had not the
good hat) to bring'Evidence.to di{pt'ove- it, but had oflered the Pro-
fecutor a Bond for Compofition. Upon which the ‘Court left them

both to thejury. e

~ e Anne Maalnjde»l was the next, ~who was accufed for flcaling the;

Goods of .Mzzrj Brafier, and thus it was proved.

, d {Mar} Bra/z'er' teltified, That the Pri{bne1f was by her permitted
tolodgein her {Room for 6:/. a week; andione day pretending to
fiind her out ofa falfe Errand,with a feigned Letter into the Strand,
to aperfon whom {he could never End, and in the mean time
rol->b’_d her of a Gown and {ome Linen, and had got them quite
away, if theLandlady of the houfein which they both lodged had
not {’topp’d her, and taken her. ‘

_ lElea'7zo7°' Haffer, the Landlady, related her part of the Story thus,
That the Prilbner got her Daughter to write her a Letter, upon
promife of aReward : That the Child told her, She fufpeéted the

Prifbner was a Thief, and that {be her {elf thought fo too 5 and” _

thereupon watched her, and {aw her put on the Gown, after {he
had fent the Woman out, and was going away with the Linen in her
Lap. She went after her, and fetch’d her back, though {he ran from
her twice, and had her before the Iuftice, who committed her. i

- ,The Prifoner denied the Letter, or that {he fent her out on her
Errand; and f1id,That theWoman had lent her the Gowngand the
Linen fliewas to have mended. But againft the Politive Oaths of

V two Witnefles, her bare word the’ Court thought not a fitflicient

Counter-proof 5 however they left it to thejur . r   . ,

Thetnextwas Margaret Smzrb, for robbing one Mqflwgerof
Tome Sarfhet, .and Plate, and Goods, to a very great value, and:
Money. Mqflénger, the Party robbed, depofed, That {he lodged
in his houfe, and in the time of ,Soutlm2ark-Fair lafl: defiredhim,“
and his Wife and Kinfwoman, to go with her to the Fair, where
{he would make them merry, and left her Maid at 'home:;. who
when they were all gone, got the Apprentice“ to go for .9. -Peck. of
Oylters, and inthe mean time Role away the other thing, all but
the-Silk. When they came home again, {he asked For her Maids,
and being told {he was not within, the cried out, I pray-God I.be
not robbed‘; and {iwgoing to ‘look, they-'fou11d.,tl1ey .werc: indeed
  ‘ ‘ B 2. » robbed,

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§'Q§i3¢4§.$fld’fi5  was too; .e f The mag: mg),-ng,',g~ {he

'5Y’9u_19l’l33.V€  QUE, bk}! the'Kinfwcu'rran?w,emLI&l notljet he:-,g'o , 

alone, becaufe {he had forne jealoufie ofhei“ and IE) w ' ‘e 1-,, he’

up and down» where {hepretended to - 30.23:-£3,  to re:
=1J.'£10,ng‘the Brokers Shopsfor the Goods; At lair, when  was in
3H1°‘3l¢i3§H91‘"€W5‘€1!a ‘he fli ~ from. her, and was notfeen ._-in a
Friend of hers coming to Meiévtngers houle, unden-0Qk.,_~m fig‘! ha

‘ Q§11a3I3d.met;w_ith her. She led them'anotherdance,,b,. . -di .
toga and receive money, which fhe would Fain haiiephifril 

mrttedto do alone- but the Kinfwoma t llin h e
not leave her, {he ’continued with them,.naned bizugehitiiillienvirotlzyld
reweem; l-hop, where being Eire down to drink,the young womm";
pun?d:ofi her {hoe toreaie her foot,” and the Prifoner took advan-e.
 ofig, fdnd ranhawsatiylrg but betng_overtaken.,., was committed to
leieoeiiehe  the Rigbitiifrliid It on now at her Tm1’Whi°1‘ W”
The Prifoner denied any band ° th R bbe d f“ L
the run axvay, becaufe beinginot titnyerjgli: flleryivjifafijtiiccll, fiat
Prx(on,wh1ch they threatned her with. That forrhe Silk {he 
t_l_ai,nl< it had been a Piecefhe had fen: by her Maid; I0 fie Died.
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but could not prove it; may had, after {he came from the Fair ac. ,
,   , e-,

gnggsledged to  KlDfW0II1a,Q,..,jt was none  her,’ but {M

The Courecxamined herabout MrQmfi ,d . f " 
End, She had a Brother, :1 Gentlemanin the Coi1)i1?r:y,Eli::;:d  i

20:’. 9. year, with which, andworking, to the -Exchange, making’

, Azlozmr-e_er Cap:-, {he maintained her (elf. But the Court asking heg-

nhout her ac ‘ ramce with one by.  - u \ e
for Felony, would give no   goo:c‘}l§0a£cSoi1‘11i:il' ii‘ Qificfiewifi
them fufpicious of her: However, not finding~in;.thmg,fi'lf£denti"
noprove her guilty of theRobbery, except as'LAcc¢{fi,,yi ‘bed 1;)
dxregfted thejmty, and that as to the Silk, of Wm, ,;,m’was3’
nitefl proof, they fhould confides: the ‘value, being Dy’d Silk. ma‘

- \Vith the Charge ofthefi P-nifimets the Jury went out and had;

an Qflicer fwom to keep them. ‘ _ V , L

Then theClerk ForLbm1z"m Arraigned" another Peirenee i
The Clerk for Mizlzllefizx Arra.igned"thefe Followin i. A 4 ,
Ezbzmrcl Preflone of Hamwe-I Indiéled, fin‘ thatihe fig; 6: E
oqelee 1,67 8. did Pteal a Mnre, colour black, of ere’ pyicie, Of. :1

A from one Edward /Mylar; to which he pleaded Nag; '1 E 41,
‘ gut himfislf upon the Countrcy. ii 3 » Lu tfidarm

* ' :dwflé'iEi‘Z‘15§&}Indi€§€d, fofitbat fi1e,.‘the'-r7tb;Séptem1é;:: 8', did
-£¥ea1t;Guozlseofos;:vri1iie  70$» _-7% “:.< She*pIe&<§eda'Nm_G'ufl.
‘~xy,and;mn~hsr&tf theCouni1°éy15 5 _   - ; ~  ’ t ‘

.-:  R1'c&arz1'S}meI:a.mfl Mwgarw I-‘Tutton5I'ndi3ted' 5' he,‘[fOt‘t1iat,“tHe;

» 2:1. of Augu-fi‘.t .1 6t7.8.ihe. did; {Feel fi%tnEliz,a5\etb’Horner Goods to thee.

gvalue bf 1 ol.-and {he as Acceflbr-y. -Both p1eadedeNet Gui1ty,'and 3,

’ eputithemfclves ugemthe Cotmtrey. , » - t 4 ~ ' 

H‘ V  ‘Then «fine 'sMizl&l.’e:féx'7]u1'yretunfid; a’~nd bei1a*gtagreed‘of their
3 " .Vetdi&',the .Foi§e.-mantg~AVerit:—inthus:, 2 - » t ‘  7?‘ ’%

K That Samuefiflibm  wasigtfiltfy ofthe Felofiy, but the Goods.

were but tothe value of A I OJ. L _ .
That Many 'Rem7lwas gu-ilty,-' buttthe Goods were but ofthe va-~.
h1€OfIOJ.'_-   J't L   A’
 Thatffoknfledliis g-uil‘ty‘Aof flailing‘ the C1o£TxtoH'tBe -Tenters.
That ‘I/oomzz: Na/ipqn is not guilty of ftca1ing:‘thet€loth bfMnck¥«-
It -bam ahd Antbrpbzignor did-Hie for it: » 7  e ‘ 3 ’,‘
% That   isnot guilty,’-not did Hie f(‘n*it'. ’ ~ T t F
That Mary. ' ' '71: is guilty of the Felony, but the Geods were-
btitofthe va1uetoF*ma’.t     .. _ « ’ _  ~ "  ,
. That  ;jl4o:mfdel’ is gtlilryf of"'theiFeIQny'\_vhei~'e0f {her 
"   ‘ ';.“'  J ’. ~‘ ':-  _‘j 1',’ n"   .."i  L"
" ~'I—'ha:.1Mhrgm'et Smirk is guilty of fiealing :'th‘e piece of ‘Silk,
which» was but ofthe Value of rod." as t0 the ref’:-not guilty ;.whére--- '
uponethe ordered.a.n.Indi&ment to bedrawn up againfi her,
‘as Acceflbmyw the other FeIony,of xyzliichxhere Was ittongfixfpicion.
The Verdiét being Recorded, t1_1e_CQu~rtftAdj9’u1'ned_A ‘till 3 a
:c:1ockmhe~A&emoo’n. t     I w . L ~

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1  - t tPo]f\Zt21erz'<1. eoa’£'m Die—.~. : ( f
‘ After Proclamation for attendance, the London Jury were caIle'd5,.._
~ . T and thé»Pxi"fi_)i1erstQ their7Ch;tHenges ;;Whic11 being I1'01’k',--th€Ju1'y
were {worn as before: And-Proélamatbn for Infqrmation and Pro-
.fécuti'on.be°mg ‘made-, they. weve_."charged to enquire of tbefia Pri-
fi>mers.-tFirPt,‘t  t .. ~ V ‘t e °« 3 "’ 7 '- “
Oae.W/2z'te,_of the Towre-Ward; was Indiétcd fortBu‘1°g1ar‘y5—a_nd
.9» The xwmrhat was? triéd'»w'as 7-n%'!l'7Ie5..:7ac&fin, fieahng~ nhc -
'I“anlm:d.jfrom Nzkbolm ~_”7‘2w£]E§»;w1sddepofed'rhus ;   ,
= That he did believerthaxztube the%_mvan whqcamé into his hbnfé,
a;t_1dfcai1l'cd 5:21? a—T_ankard: <95 Ale enda Tofl«'t',4which.when:he-had‘

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eaten and drank up, he called for; another; which’while§'I;went to .
.d1f3§?¥a;  1.)-.l’ii,5>.f1€1‘, C1aP.E.d0Wn_;a Tewtert Tankarddixtltearf _"oEj..rh‘e

Silver, and goes away. That-he:}iVaSa,='Vi&ualIe}',i ’-.atithe, Signyof .
she C/Jre1‘?2ét«—C1»eefe iI1‘.7.7?flmc:r-/ireet.~  'I‘_hathe Went tagrcn it :o;a »
;C}old-fmithr, who upon examination fou'nd,that it was his.   ’

"ever heiwas in his houfe ; and faid, That hehad bought the Tan-
.1<.and ‘five years ~.ago,_' of one iwshomq hedid not know byanamé; nor
Could find, inthe Avlinqrier. The Owner fivore it was:l1isiTanlcar"d,
and .Cl.‘-4!; £16; };~{z1,s in ‘his hpufe that, day. : :And the Courtle-Ft it..as a

\VlliCl'1__;tl_16, {Gold-‘fin-itl). -gattellcedo ° But the Prifoner denied that

plain cafe to the']ury. _ , _ t , ._
_ ., ‘The third they were charged ‘With, was Step[Je_7t\Arro2z2f72ivitI3
For the Rape committed on Elizalréib Hop.€in:.. Toiprove which,
a_ Girl of between. 9 and ~tc>:*yearsol:~ A'ge,'gavefthis Tefhmony
.wid1°u;b_cingSworn. e L  " s e:  ' .    e    .'
That {he {aw in'a Room; tli'e>—Pri{oner »1ying7ajt'op ofthelittle
Girl, but what they didfheknew not, but the Girls Petticoats were
up, nor did {he cry out. " s i   '

The Girl that was ravifhed, heing between 8 and 9,-rteflifiedithai  

he had had to do with her for half a year together every Sunday,
that {he was hindred from crying the {it'll time, by hisftopping

her mouth, and that he ' v'e her money afterwards ; and_{he never

difcovered it, till tome of her friends oblervingrher to‘ go as if {he ' ‘
‘were very fore, examined her, and by tellin her {he wouldbe in
/ danger of hanging in Hell, ‘got her to confé

Is, that the Prifoner
was her fathers Prentice. . _ i    ' ‘ e
One Mrs. Cowel did teilifie that upon obferving her going‘, and
other Circumfiances, {he did refolve to examine her, and made her
confefs, which {he did, and being fearched,was ‘found fhamefiilly
abufed, and {eat to the Doétors to cure. L ' ' * i’ ' i
The like was attefled by one Mrs. Sberwin, and bya Midwife,

who faid, {he had got a very foul difeafie byxit. ~ »
 The l’ri{bner with a great many tears denied the Fae}, and"

elefircd tome VVitnef{es might be called. Among whom there
was a maid that lived at the Doftors where the‘ Girl‘ was for'Cure,
who teftified that the Girl upon Taxing her, why {he did conceal
it, faid,._{h‘e  Pleafure in.it, and that upon'Exaniinati‘on there

were no Symptomes on the Pr'i{bne_r,as.the Doétor {‘aid,,0ff any fitch,
 38  Girl had; which was mdctdfthe P054 5" which was alto.

attefied by, one  Rawlim: "and the Prifoner proteffing his‘

him innocent.

; . The Jury not feemiiigfatisfied with theEvidence, thelLord Chief  

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InnQeeriee,,37alletl,g*ed7thai;?the§l o,fi‘é~red'a  j   , II   A
:  Wh_ich"’notwithfiand1n'g, fthe €Cotirt'3owithg1'e,at detellation

and abliorrencepf foiHorridc.land Vile anTOfl'ence, told him the
Matter. «was, fo.plain.aga-inllhim, that he-mull have as greatimpu~.
dence to deny it, as he had wicléednefs to Commit it; that her con- _

fent \vould.not*E(:;it?e_ih,in1, mrsthe Statute provides, that a Child
under ICOAYCRITS‘ of age, fhould not be abufed With, or without her

Confent. That the Firflz, Violence whereby he flop’d her Crying,{,

made the Rape, had it ‘been a VVoman above 10 5 that if the Pa-
rentsxwere fo Wicked, as to ofler a Compofition, yet that made not

\

 Scruggs and others wrercof opinion, thatthe, Girl that was

Ravi{hed,.irnight give‘ in her Téiilihlolly upon Oath ‘; but it Was I

forborn for the prefent, and left to the Jury. VVho were lent to-
gether to confider of their Charge, with an Officer fivorn to keep
them‘ according r_o.Law. ‘ ‘C C - t "' C i '

;-In the imean 'rinxe,:the:C1er1t fol‘-flffidiliéfex arraigned Mary’ Hill'-

c/airuziioii F ul})dm,; indicted for that fhe, the 341. of 0305: 1 678‘, did‘‘'
fl‘eal* fbme. Plate and Linen,-e from‘ one,   to which‘ {he pleaded not!

guilty’, and putteth heriell uporrthe Countrey.

Elzfa/yetb Gate: for Healing '21 Cup of 14. 5. Value from onefli

Denmét Kingél-g1e_ 14. of flI\[q'v_:m. 1678. She pleads not guilty,
and puther uupon-thetCoi-1ntrey.i7 ' -its  e- ‘

After a confiderable fpace ofitinie the Jury returned, and having i
anfwered to their Names as called, agreed? that the Foreman fliould. _

{peak for them, and gave in this Verdifh ,
That game: yackfin -Was, guilty of flealing Nicbdlzz: ,§‘z.',c/2_/5n’:_i
Tankand. C .‘And‘they offered this further.  “ ~     ‘

y,..'Iha't Steplée .'.Arro2z1fmz'tb nwasniot guilty of the Rape : - i\Vl1iCl‘i1"

Verdict Mr. Recorder, not conceiving it to be according‘ to their
Evidence, would not take from themyyithout further deliberation,
and labout’d ‘to fitislieithem of the -Manifiellnefs >01: ‘the Proof}.
Onejof the Jury being an Apotl_1eca«ry, -ifitid it was his opinion‘,'t11a’t

a Child of thofe years could.not‘1be Raév*ifliéd;  #lWhiththe Court‘

told?bimf§vas to=rEl,u'de the Stiat'ufe,iliat.hi1vix¥g piotrided a Punifh‘-V

C  ‘it inI.'vai.n, if-thfere -were no »of¥ehjce,4 ' and -{o he did”
tax.t7ha3\M_xf3u1nl of: awhule "Pa4=1ha‘m‘ent;- VVhi‘ch» ought not to be.’

Qtherébf ;he,]m~y, .becau1"e th‘e~,Gi'r1s were not fworn, doubted of

  ;0.£.  Telliniony , andithey hadVnot.liing"bu't‘

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l hearfaytifrom ‘.l‘%_.9Fl?91‘,*'3’7,§f$¢i3k6{‘:;»1§Q£;tbeEfi£2wl£:thld,them;~:ine l
. regard fuch Om-.’flCl’¢T$.=flW§f ‘F3-ll»QthQt'$;tQ:b.€l byzwhiale tl1fi)l‘Q)fim1it l

fueh aétions, they eould ex,pe€t,-‘no -«éther~ Teasmmyedmeom t'he+

Party injured, which they had , and»W;-iIh_it_jo&'-an eye.Witnei§,.
. both whom the! forbprc to S,wear,'; becaufe of the __t.-‘c‘~£1'Clc1'.I1cf§ of
their Age; but ittheyfizififled upon,,i£,;£heye'{h€>uld, ,’oe.,Swo1'«n; .

upon this the jury weptjout again, atidwhile they were delibe-
rating, information was given to the C.ourt,t that they had.the.two-
Children with them, which was lagainfi the Law. Whcteupon;
the Ofiicer appointed to keep them, Wa§.fentfor, and it beingfimrn

T againfl him, that..h'e‘had admitted them in, hetwas {entto Nzzogatg.

thoujghhe,al1edg"ed another Qflicer brought them to him_as from the
Cou1't,‘but that Ofiicer {wore the contrary, and therefore the other

“Was detained  Cultody. , The Jury; bei_i1g>‘fentfore about*thi§

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matter, when they came, .f.71id,'they' lent not for the Children, nor,
delired to have thetn:_and'the_ Couttttogive, further:fi1tisFa£tion,fwore em
thesCh1ldren, having examined ’thetn,whéther,.thc>y underfiaoad the!
nature of» an  “the, dagger .'13i€¥jl3f){;r§P'hix:h:1lteyzga7we
a Rat'i0nfi1aC_i§0Ll:fit'9,._‘, Atgd thi; Igqty-;wIent,aWayi_agaixi;-.‘-_ sj '- v, 
That S tepb€72.g(f7:?'991/,l§f"‘:‘:£;’9l7.'a.5.f §Ull¥)’.'tOf.  R1155 ,':and they’
were difehargedtill thenext morningat Tenof chegclock :it being
late, the Court ,was,Adjo.ut'n¢£l»till,_ Seven. x’ - e-  ‘ 3 W   ;

Wéilnefflay the J12. of Dec; 16738.} Nineofiztthéttlodk.  

~  t ~ -,7.’ ._,,f_~, * i .~ ,_ * -a.'=. ‘.;f.jom:.; . “ii i

  Proclamation was firll madeior Attendance-‘-» 2; 1;   
Then the Clerk of Middle;/éx called for {fobx-Wovjl , whowas
'indi<9eed‘for  the Kings Subjefisfrom Obedience, and
from t.he‘Protell:antI eligion. ‘But whenhewaebmughd
«Cour-t thought’  defer  Arra,-ignmeat- .a;nd.Ttiti.l till daeiiiexti

Week, , , , __   .'     1'
He th_LehiArraig,ncd , ‘ ‘ ~... .  :. ’:~.~-. .' ’  _ :5 L 
i N'a¢%d11i_elRufl3l1 laud 3W9t¢.'£:VVfl¢fezz, ;1.ndx€ted,ifot’:Jthat he the
.fai<i-Hflflell, 1,8.  ;678. ,~d.id.~Y£>1\t_r1t€t1'1l)'_.  tof foricv
thought, with; Rapi,er,.g_iY£_:-,§§ W3%:FmlMia'l;.jy~.a./ riiortakwaaimfinln:
hiaama, of which hezdiadaxaavaldlliastlae faadm:y‘mym hy,_aidihg.;:
abetti g ,' ’ com . , Q34, mait§ti1fi‘ir1g£;.c°.-To sitlmihbitidltfltmezttf
both p cadedrnot Guilty,’ argdpuz Iheflllfilvtmtpdn the  
i Thcn“theP.rifr)ne1'si were called £0 their ehallemfgesf, rarxl 
.Mza'al1efex gory fivvonfl; fihc ufiutl .P.1'o'clama.timi  

Prifoners t us charged upon them in Order. ’ ' 
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 ‘ iiiztébim indiéled for {feeling a Sivler Cup and 

againlt whom the Evidence was,   _
That {he was a Servant in the Perfons houle about a week, from
whom the Cup was flolen’- That {he being gone one morning
out of the houfe, they milled feveral things- She being fufbeéked
for them, and that {he was run away, Purfuit was made ‘after
her ‘by a young man, who overtook her, and found the things
about her, that he charged a Conllahle with her, and -had all the
things again. '  , I i ' 1
., . The Prifoner could not deny her taking the Particulars, but
di_e”Owner having them -again-, the Value was left to the Jury. '
' Edward Prejfon, indicted for flzealing a Mate from Edward
Mullet. T T T
i Mullet himfelf dcpofed, that the Prifoner was his Servant, and
took the Mare out of his Ground, and carried her to ‘Tame, and
therefold her for 30:.‘ andabout 3 Weeks fince he was taken.
The Perfon that took him,‘ depofed, that he confefied the taking
of the Mate out of the Ground, and felling her. ,-
The Prifoner faid he took the Mare, to go for a Dragooner,
that when he came to Yizme, the Troop he thought to go in, was
gone; and he being afhamed to carry the Mare back again, and
in his dillzrefs for money, fold her, but the man had the Mare again.
upon which confeflion the Court left it to the Jury.
Elzfabetb Gate: was tried for {lealing a Silver Cup, of 14.:
Value, from one Denmfi: King. - ' ,
VVho depofed, that {he had confeiled the Stealing to ‘her, and
that a little Girl had feen her in the houfe that day, but Ihewent
away, and on Yimrfzlay after was feen, and known by the Girl,
Apprehended upon Sufpicion, and before the Iullice confefled it. .
The Prifoner did not deny bein atthe Womans houfe, but now
denied the taking of the Cup hgom thence, and that ever {he
confefled it. upon which the ]ury were direoted to conlider of
the Evidence, and the‘ Value. i r 7
Then Richard Symell Indiéted, for llzealing the goods of E111}:-=
Ivetb Homer, and Margaret Hufin, as acCeflory,after were tried.
Br-occa.r a Conflable, depofed, that he took him, and before the
Juftice he.confe{Ted he took the things out of a Trunk and Box,
and ‘fold? them to the Prifont-:1‘ Hutton, in whofe houfe we found
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t’a§')‘«2}iel t-he ’“PriToner, for himfelf faid,7I-lien indeed Tdid '-titkei them,

but he thought they hail been his VVives, for‘: they were in’ bet

Lodging, who was then newly come-from Seryic'eé:,4'sandih'e thought
he might make hold with ‘them, beinghers, ‘andsl-ibldfthem ‘tothe
fiither Prifoners; - ~ t ' . ‘ ~

' Hutton Confefied {he bought them of the other man, but “denied

that the knew”, sthemto he Pcoln Goods, A or ufed tobe fuch 5 that "he i

told her ‘the-"y«Were his own, and not his Wives. T ; _. , . . : .-
Amze Harris was the next, who was Ind étcd for ltealing. the:

Goods of_7oi/m‘ -“foxes.

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_ Ag-ainll whoniffzzne Hgzrrzlr, the VV ife of Hmirzégfivore, that  
{he loft Goods of a confi-derable value, and that the Prifoner was

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taken in Sam‘/Jwzzrk felling part of them. ._ . L‘
The Woman towhom {he ofiieredthem to {'-ale attefted it, and
that {he told her {he h-Idboughtthem. .. .  . r
The Pri1”oner herfelf faith, tfhebought’ them of a man, but his:
name [he could not tell, nor where he lived. So the Court left herto
the Jury’. t i i .   e
One’!/Vooizl was Indiétedfor ftealingta Silver Cup of 9:.~va1ue, of
Robert Lambert, and was acquitted. . . - 
, Tr'30?}¢.4«'.9'-' and ‘ja/a2iz‘.'7ob72fa¢z Indiéted for theunlawful ;taking the
Lead ofl‘ from S tepney-Cburcb 5 the Evidence was this: . T L
K_m'g/2;‘, a Head‘-borough, was 'with his Watch going the round,
fliw :1 Ladder Pcanding on the {ide of the Church, and enquiring of

- the Clerk and theSexton whether it were thereby their Order,

foundit was not; and therefore taking away the Ladder, ;gO't-Eu
another way to the top of the Leads. But at the fide of the wall,

they found three parcels of Lead rolled up, and which -was thrown  

down. VVhen they came up, they found thefe two men there, be-.
ing asked what they did there at thattime, all they would anfwer,
was, It was their fortune to be there; But going onward,‘ they

found fome more parcels ofLead, which they acknowledged they] L.

had cut up with a knife 5_ the whole was'~about.‘9§oI. weight,"
but none was removed away.’ They faidthe Ladder was theirs,
which was afterwards found to be another mans , ‘and not lent
by him neither. . , e . '
The Prifonors faid, They heard a noife on the top of the Church,’

and went up to fee what was the matter 9, -but beFore..they could get’
down,the Watch had taken away the Ladder: and they deniedahc i
o " y . takin g]

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,t.a1<i£1g;a.Wa¥a0F thcLead. ‘Tbs Court; left it to ;t1.1¢J U13 upon? the
Evidence. , ' s T ' -   ya. 1   .,;    ‘.7’,   t E,“ ".2
Nathaniel Ru/]él. . and _707m Whtfon .Indi€,ted,iifoi*i 
y/Villizzm MidgZe],_againflwl1om it wasthus proved :.  i ii ‘  "_'
Dorot/J_‘y Midgley, Sif’cer to the Perfon flain, depoled, that I/Vzitferr,
who Was a.Bailifl; came with Ruflél to arrelt11er‘for.ae debt of 31.
which flhepwed an Aunt of hers. And comin g into the room, her
,Brghslaer flood before, and was It-abb’cl by one of them immediate} 5
that l-he thinks it was Rzflél ftabb’d him -: That he lived til'liT/i'2urf-

_ ‘day, and then died 5 and thatfie gave them no ill language.

,E;'z'2.czI7etb Symmomlr, who was then in the Room, teltified,
That the Boy. didnot give them any provocation 5‘ That he had a
piece of a Curtainjlflgd, which {he did not fee him lift up againlt
them. ‘ .5_ ’ . ;g:.,c. . g    

Rekeccab Nictols, who alfo wasbcy, fwo-re, That W2/zifin, when
he came in, run him down into a ‘hair, and the other run him
through. That Ruflélcame in with his Sword drawn, and they
were heard from Without togfwear, they would kill any onetliat

 

‘oppored itl1en1:.iiiSiepi})em, a Chirurgeon, proVed,that hegdicdt of-

Ibe wound...“ ~ r

  T, :1ié‘7Pi-Efoiiéié,  hi-siidiefenee, laid, That thf Plaiint’ifi'—itlie

' ‘Aétion calling them up ftairs, told them, they mull. look to them-

felves, for there was a Young man intended to kill them. i That
upon theirgcoming in, the Youn g. man made at th_en1with_ a bright
thing, liltea Spit or a Sword 5 andin his oWn.dele_n,ce, he retreat-
in 0'-.b3_.Cl<, doth npt.-l<'1i1ow lI().TvV,'tl1CiB0y;y§Za$ \VOUI1'Cl‘€<l-in H .,   H A
‘  for him{elf'Taid,,,That beinigiordered by"i'he Plai1i.t'ifFto
-Arriellz Dorot/2]. Midgley, i\-zvhen he .€-nine to the door, .he”\hea‘1’d..thie
Boy nygt will run my Spitin fome of your guts; but putting liini.
alide, he Arrefied his Priloner, andheard {bme body cry out, I anti
‘killed 5 upon Whieh._li£ rurxiito him, and opening his brealt, there he

'fOUl‘id.a:"g.1‘E21t W‘ound,.and_,gaVe'_l1im fome Bran ;to drink, and _

-éoitered him iwithia warmiN»apl<in. That the DC,€1]d.9.11ti]l»1_i5z’éC>’Ze‘ii?'
came to him, and cut him over the l:£:CC- with a Pot, and asked‘ him
whatheltaid there for, he had been the death of her zMoth‘er L and
,h'i¢riBrot,he1°., That about five years ago he had arreftcd her Mother,
afid {he diedin Execution; bl.1t"l’l€‘dCn1€Cl any ltantl/in this Murder. ,

?iiflThéPlaintifl..in the" A<9C.iQ}1 faid, She did employ }V.élff5,i1.’toAr;:-
relt DBroi[27 -1iWl'5lgZg€],.3gIi1d_ that 119 W51“ fireigl]! 15‘O1‘Ward toiher, hei' "'

Brother‘ being bys and that ;_1 Fellow, came infand Wounded ithjc

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Boy, and  again before he could cry out he was wounded:
but who he was lheknewnot, but {he did not fee nor hear the

a Boy make refiitance, or give any provocation. hat it was onely

a piece of a Curtain Rod the Boy had in his hand, but neither
flruck Pcroke with it, not run at them. '

Then the “hit and .Warrant to juflifie the Arrefl we_re read
whereby upon the Return itwas found, that they had ‘returned 2:

Refcous bythe Party that was killed, which the Court told I/féifim i

was a great Evidence againft him. VVhereupon direéting the ]u..
ry, they were told, that there beingilno provocation, the Law im.
plied the malice to make it murder. .But how far the perfons ac.
cufed were guilty, was left to them to confider upon the Evgdenm .
Then the Iury withdrew to conlider of their-’Ch’arge.
The Clerk for London Arraigned thefe Pri{‘oners.‘.
IVi1lz'amLuczz.r Indiéted, for that he, Decem. 2:. lalt, did flea] 3
Tankard of 61. value 5 confeffed the Indiétment, and himfelfto be
guilty of that offence, and all within Clergy. t

_ :70/.771 Macarty, for Healing the fame Tankard, pleaded  ‘
Guilty, and put himfelf upon the Countrey. * - ~   v .

George Clet/aeroe Indified, for ftealing fome Linen from one

}'obn-Dela-vier, he pleaded Not Guilty, and put himfelf upon the.

Countrey. \ .
Ralph Leecb Indifted, for that he, the gt/2. of 05306. 1678. did
fieal from Henry Maid nine pair of Silk Stockings. He pleaded

p Not Guilty, and put himfelf upon the Countrey.

. A Lieutenant and fome Soldiers were Indiétedi for mifdemeanor
committed by them, in endeavouring in a riotous manner to take
away a Prifoner, the I_6tb. of November 1-alt, out of the Cuflody cf
one Newton, a Serjeant in Lona’Im. They all confef§’d thtmfelves
guilty of the ofience, and fubmitted to the Mercy of the Court. - ‘

Whereupon Mr. Lagze, Comptroller of the Chamber of London,
being of Coudel for the King, opened the Caufe, to give the

Court fatisfaftion in the matter: That one Spark: bein Arrefied.

by Newton, told the Officer, he ought not to be Arrefle , becaufe
he wasa Soldier. The Oflicer told-him, he had fome reafoni to

doubt it, becaufe he had not on‘the Kings Cloathingg but he ‘

ihould have the liberty to fend to fuch of his Oliicers as he thought

“lit. Upon which he’fent a Porter to the Scream of the Company .
of Granadiers, who not being met with, t Note was delivered. _
K0, the Lieutenant 5_ Wl1lCh.Wl1£1fLl1€ had read, with great Paffion

 

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and Swearing he demandsto know the Oflicers name, and curling
himfelf, laid, If he could meet with him, he would cut off 
ears. ' He then gets his Company together, acquaints them with

thebulinefs, leaves the main body of the Company in Cc/aea,o_[rzz’i(','

over againlll/1'/ooz1]z‘reet,ifele«£’ts adozen out of them, and coming
down, Wooclflreet with Muskets, and Daggers in them, and with

T Qathes and Arms would ha_ve {formed the Counter, demanding the

Prifoner. It was with great difficulty that they perfuaded him he
was not in the Counter, but in a 1-Ioufie near by. Thither he goes
curling and fvvearing he would pull the Houfe down, fire the
I-Ioufe, and make that Rogue the Oflicer an Example for daring

_to Arrefl a Soldier. The Serjeant told him, Sir, I am not throughly

fatisfied he is a Soldier, and defired to fee the lVluller~Roll : But he

would not vouchlafe to let him have that favour 5 take him away '

he Would,and did,in triumph to the Offenders, and to theterror
of all Civil Iuftice. The Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen bee
ing acquainted with the matter, order Mr. Recorder and the twd
Sherifis'to wait on the Lord General the Duke of Monmouth, to

let h_im'know the whole bufinefs, and to define him to.de1iver=up.
the Offenders to bepunilhed. His Grace did immediately concur

to it 5 and having Calheer’d them from the Kin g’s Service, hath-
fent them hither, where, {aid he, we hope they will be fatisfifd now,
afwe are all well aflured that, by the blefling of God, and the
care and coura e of our Mag-i<{h'ates, Soldiers, though they may
and ought to an ill, yet they fhall never be permitted to. be Arbiters
and Compf5‘ollers.ol7 Publick-Julliee. ‘ T T o‘ i

. The Lieutenant would haveexcufed and palliated the matter»;
but the Council having Afidavits, and Wm: ruoce torprove his Ac-

, ’ eufi1tion,andit having been examined before the Lord Mayor and

Court of Aldermen, they Wereoommitted to theGaol in order to
Then the Juryfor Middlefix returned with theirVerdié‘c,7 which
the Foreman gave in thus»: '
That Mm Huttcbzfm-. is guilty, but the Goods were but to the

, W value of I04. e

That Eddwzralfiefion is guilty of llealing theMare,
T i That Elizabeth Gate: is not guilty. .
That Richard Symele is guilty, but the Goods were but to the

value of 1 od. Whereupon Mzrgaret Hutton, Indiéted as Accefibry,  

W.a5.difcharged. W 1
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 ; s Tlmtl xfwm;  A iS',GUi1ty',~.bl.it ;;the’.goo_ds', were but to fthe L

.Value.Of'I0t1.e . . "  2 ; 72 Q‘ t .: ~  
That Margaret H/ood is not guiltyof the Felony, érc.‘ And ,

That"T7.I0maJ and _7o/on ffoiaivcfirl, are L guilty of the Trefpafé,‘ in. I

jtalting.-a\V:1y the Lead from Stepne] Chu1'cl'i_;

Th-at;N'e;t/Jmziél Rz7£§1,-:is,guilty of 1I\/I‘urder,} in killing WilJ_ia;v:¢‘

  ’-e    .-., .;«_1,;_ _‘ -f '. ;- - V .. . .
That yo/an -W;m"fo;_i; iS__f1;0t iguiltyiof that Felony; and Murder,‘

:- 1. An .Oli‘icer of the Court, geive information upon .Oath;"that
a Souldier leaningtover the Bail Dock was {poke to qotnedown,
but .reFuling,~.wa3; pulled;_by him, whereupon ,hela1d~ his land to

his. Sxvoifd, and l‘VVOj.‘€“lf he had hitnout, hegwould. l_§illl)in'§__:“ 
which infortilation, theVCourtcomm1ttccl h1_m,.to the=Goal.  1. e.t' . ‘

iThe Clerk l7or«Lom1tm_ Calledthe Priloners to tlfeir Challenges,
Swore the my, a_11demade-Proclamation for Info_rma%tion»antlP1-0,
1eCution,;ii1-:ufi1alFo_rm-.‘   P1‘llbn€f,U'lQd.W?:5o..' 5  i

    Ralph Lerb/7;-.1ndi<9c¢;d for eflealing the Sills’ 
<gl5'4.l;.LI'oc.: Agaii_1ftwl1om,on¢; ,,-.;.3%  V'- " ' '

..    _-.12’. :;‘£:il ';'i‘l
 :aS¢mam'er depoled‘, ttliatt he kneW_ithePz;ifoner;‘Ve1*y= WC1l,;21l?¢_liLT‘1?饧 '

thee.’ firlt of Ocffo. lal-‘c, -he faw him Fteal l"rom.Mr_._%_JWooq?; ._S_h9g
9~:Pair,of ' Silk Stockins. Thathe is a \7V_or1<man to the Shop,i_as he
is?to other Holiers Shops; ’whc»re ‘coming in amorning betitms,
laerhad. .Dp19ortLinity t.<>..:lo01<,>.<3§V;€;1?tt;l3€ Sti.1l<-3t9C31sins, ~.an<1l.f<Ax,:-rxetinieg.
s§zou'1d'-bu;c. ; Tha_t:.£l%.i5 -slay-.«lo9J<it1'gi:o.ver; ;t.3‘§‘),’iLB9§"t5:i5 °l§;,H0fi‘=s
he would now and then put 21. _pg_i«rirI: Breeefiesrtillibggiéfiymgg
9: Pair; An'othe'1‘ Perlbn’ being by,_ ‘he delireéd him to gofor 3.
Gonltable. -Then the Prif'one1"ofi‘eriong to go;a;,vay,ehe ft3_y’d him,

and asked himhow mat1}fR=11t,lJ¢.hé1d. bought, ;119;a11iW9t‘¢d1Nones '

But, laid he, Imull  :VY.5stl4.'  ,Ml'-; ,.1退{l7_s,~.~%¥?<l‘.*l?@‘§i$1.§~yhizI}

up Itairs, told him he had fomething more then _was.his$own~,»h

yvatsfin {tmhhafce :9" bygone, and urging; h.l1T1‘:‘*Vl"-hrlta leiliddgcfiré

him to be mercilhll tohim,~ or his Wi c and Children were ruineelé

add pu1_1?d_'ou:; ghe .S_:,ocl5ins. 9 Pair in all, whicli\_vhen;he_§gvasecarrie
before Sir ffobn F rederick, were produced againfi _

confefled it, fa,yi:1g,~,f}I_‘he De_Vi1p,W€<l him 3 Shame. - , « _" _}.t_g§ %\  .j
The other Witnefs 2'a.fiir_rne_d; _tl1,e—f-an_1e,.  ha§hfeenf§)§t1eth1ng
before,iwhi;h~hc'didaaaot;11ke.; bxltfdurft not ventur,c;up9n=‘him,

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‘beg-gufc he was a great man _1n_tn,e“T‘;-aides .‘a,['l'd‘,"w’oul_:d.1flilgV..e‘..n!l¥"f1..?d

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to truft him,
" neverfknew any‘i'lloF him, not found rnuch clipped money among.

  . organ).
. The Pri{one1"Who was an old Man, \:$}i_tl’1 a my gray head, 
TTadC_- a_ Silk?-Stockin ~Trimn_1er,' and of a plentifu1l~Fo_rtune, had
noth1n’g*to- fayfor himfelf, but that he took them Folfitnoiney they

OW€d_hitn,‘ which poo'r"eXcu{‘e‘\vas not accepted by the Court, but

they direited the Jury to find him~Guilty, upon fo plain an Evi-
dence. ' ,   . . ~ '
Cllppin g the-"Kings Coy n. To prove which, one . t

. Brzzutlawlyt, a Linnen Draper in Ncougzzte'Street‘,gave Evi-
dence, that ithe‘Pri‘foner washis Apprentice, and,that'he;h’eard he
‘had given a neighbours boy,one ffo/m _}‘o!!2jj’e,fome pieces of Silver,
which ‘being brought to me, he did. acknowledge he had clipped
them with a pair of Sciflors, that werein Court. That he didufe
with receiving, and paying e-Money for him, but

his Calh. That he had taken him Apprentice Vvith-out money. i *

 Another VVitnel.§’ ffwore that he -confellied it before Sir I/V2!/izzm

Ywzzery And a Goldl“mithsr,Boy fhew’d fume Ingots,, which he

_had from that ffollzjfie, who laid he had them fi'om'the'P1fifone1',

but hewas not to be Found‘. _ 4 « , - _
 The Prifionerp now had nothing to f1y‘lio1‘l‘1in1felF,- butthat he
had ; the ’Sil'Ve'r fi'z)n1»that:ij"oll-zfi'e. f upon‘ which-heewa'sl_eft to the
The next Was‘ _7o/m Jbjaczzrzy, for ftealingia Silver‘ Tankard,
out of ahoufe behind the Exchange;  ' ° ‘r  
The Boy of the Houfe teftiticd that he, \V'itl’1' FF?/Ziam Lu¢z;:,v who

iconfefled the e1ony,- 'eafne to his Malhershoixfe, who is a Cock,

and While the Boyd went down for a Potot‘ drink they called for,’
they i’trep’d"into the Kitchen Where thefT"ankard was, and taking it

 

 Then iRic/Jzzrid iBrazzz_’{l3Jz71/ was Incliéted for High Treafon", in.

thence, away they went, before he came-up again. That the Tan- ,

kard.Was there before he Wentdownto-draW.the drink. That they
came in fi‘iendIy,togeth‘er’,; and--went bothaxvay. That they had‘
the Tankard again by, nieans"E6't”%t-5-\7Von1an, with "Whom 7Luczz/r
left it: to.- keep tillhe came ofit of‘ Prifon,:”where he was, being taken
that night by the \«Vatch.   e T’     r  
“ The}VVoman,"te{tified~ the~.delivei'y of it by Lucar, but fl1Cf2l‘\V‘
not the otl1er.M-an; ~ _ T; ‘. - ‘ '- _'. '‘'h I 
~ . fI‘~h‘é:1Pr'ifone'rr, ,£5r=hin‘aftel(3,1§id he was pulhed and jofled bythc

other man ¢Lu'c}z‘.¢,i f{Vyho'r'ri hé'~’lladl1ieve.xj tfeen before in his life,
' and that upon" their =F1ghtifi§}’the other invited him to drink, and

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when the Boy was gone’ downtodraw the drink y-Lumrwentiintei T

the Kitchin, ‘and came out again, andcalled hi_n;iout.to go away’
with him, which he did, having inoa bufinefs there. i Thecredit of
which Rory, upon the Boys politive Te{’citnony,was left tothe Jury;

A Then Hamm/2 Do‘22me: was tried, for Ptealing 4.1. in mongn‘

from Thomas Goa’a.’m'a' in the Vintry. The Evidence Was, ‘

That {he being a poor Girl, was by them takenyup, and upon
recommendation, by a Letter from a (maker, entertained in the
houfe where {he lived about two Months, and then was bound
Apprentice to the Wbrnan :that the man leaving of his Britches,
in which was the Key of the \»Vare-houfe, where the money was,
{he had taken it, and taken away about 4.1. at feveraltimes; as -{he
confelled that {he run away to Roclaejfer, and there was taken, and
before the ]u{l:ic_e confelied the thing. : ii

The Ptifoner faid, {he run away becaufe they abufcd her, and
beat her, and pinched her in her Viétuals, but denied {he {lole any
Money, or that {he did confefs it. Which was fubmitted to the
Iur  , T

The next was George Hunt, for Pcealing Brafs Buckles, and {him
fmall‘things. But it appeared upon the Evidence, a Profecution
out of Malice, becaufe of an Aétion of flander, by the Prifoner
commenced ag-ain{l: the Profecutor. And there being no colour for
the Accufation, the Court dire6’ted the Jury to find the Prifoner
not,Guilty. ‘ —

The lafl for Lomlon was George Cletboroe, Indi8:ed for flealing T

the goods of _'j‘o/an Delervier. _

One Burlreck depofied, that about {ix of the clock in the Evening,
the Prifoner came into thehoufe, and going out, he {aw him; and
asked him what he did there 3 but received no anfwer. That he
cried {lop Thief, and upon that Outcry he ran, but was overtaken.
That the Linnen which he is Indicted for, was taken out of the
houfe, and dropt 4. or 5' houfes from that houfe. o

Another man Witneflied, that upon the cry of Stop Thief, he
made towards the Prifoner‘, who to em hirnfelf, cry’d Stop Thief

too, and when the Witnefs came up to him, Struck him,‘ but he Was.

Apprehended, notwithftanding his refillance. And one that {aw
the Linnen in that place, and took it up, attefled it. 
*The 'Pri{oner denied being in the houfir, and find, that he was
purfuing one that came out thence: but the flrfi man afiirmed
politively that he was there, and that his Wife three dayseafigir.
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his Commitment came to entreat him not to profecute him.
The Iuryi, after a lhort recefs, did give in this Verdiét of the

Prifoners under their charge.

That Ralph Leech was guilty of the Felony he was Indiéled for,

That Nz'cbola4' Bmaflmw was guilty ofHigh-Treafon.  

That _7olm Moclmrty was guilty of llealing the Tankard.

That Hzmmz/2 Downs was guilty of the Felony to the value of 9:.

That George Hunt was not guilty of the Felony he {lands Indi-
éted for: And the Court taking notice of the malicious profecuo
tion, gave him leave to take aCopy of the Indictment. ’

That George Cleo/aero was guilty, but the Goods were but to the

a value of Ion’.

Then the Court Adjourned till 3 of the Clock in the afternoon.

1 _“ Poff Mericliem eodem die.
Proclamation of Attendance being made, the Lord Chief Baron

called for the Gmmuliers, who were in cufiody, and told Mr. Re-

corder, That he being, by the cufiom of the Court,, to give Sen-
tence upon Offenders there,‘ the Judges did give him their advice,
That the Peace, of the Kingdom was to nearly concerned in this
Caufe, that it delerved an exemplary Puniihmentg and the lowefl
F ine’ they would counfel him to fer, was 2001. upon the Lieute-
nant, 5'~ol. upon the Serjeant, and 9.0!. a piece upon the Common
Soldiers. Which was by Mr. Recorder Sentenced accordingly, with
this Reproof. ' .

. A  i   Ou that are the Prifoners at the Bar, the Court ‘

‘ and the Government are fenfible of the great af-
front _by you put upon the Authority of the Nation in

A general, and this City in‘ particular, and What danger

you» might have brought your -felves into .- For you
gaye fuch a Provocatipn, at 'fuc_h_ a time, within the
very heart of - the City of London, that might have prov-
ed the occafion not onely of bloodlhed to others, but

cutter ruine to your felves; I he Court, I fay, and the
“G°Vemm€fl'~', -andfyour own General being fenfible of
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where being__un_dera th\e.'iP('),'VV€Ii"Oif Juflice, you ou ht to‘
receive the Se’r'itet1ce"o£ Juliicel for youfgreat 0 hence ;,
and. becaufe y0ur,CriIIie is great; fuch m’u1?c be your
Judgment. _ For though you are: Soldiers, Gentlemen,
and oughttto have all due» encouragement, yet you mufi
notthink, by the Authority of your Arms, to control
the :A'uthoritfy, of the Civil Magiftrate. And becaufe the

Lieutenant {hould have known better his duty, and 
. taught it to them under his7'c‘are, his Fine muft be’ the’

greatelt,‘ becaufe" his Knowledge was, or 'fl1OLllCl have
been fo,,an,d,deferves the higheft refentment.“ The Ser-
jeant, who lhould have alfo'known ‘better, mull recive
a Punilhment aceoirdiing to his Degree. _ And the Com-
mon"Ssold,iers,=fl1ough Frunder their -Cegnmand, ‘yeti,-,bei‘ng
great OfFend‘ers, mull receiver an‘eX€II1plary Punifh-

in-ent._ Andl do in the name of; the Court, and the ;
Court doth Order, That the Lieutenantpay for a Fine a

2:502. '}th.§.iS.§i1;l§3I1Cif§§£:l1i5 tine ;,*:<>Z.a.z1,‘c.1t .f?21:Cl».1t(i;3a0.I”,I1II1.<>.‘n

Sgeltlier .zo1at<?> the lt{1ng;7and th‘3.1:?_th€y:. be -Gommitted’
tf1ll‘:tl18y pay:th,efefeveralzFines.    5   J _ 

Thcn the Clerkfor Middlefex Arraigned -   ’ ..<i

Thomazine Davies, alias S par/E5, alias Bailey, Indiéted, for that
(he, the 8tb.ofDecem_l7. 1678. an Indian Gown, and other things,
to the Valild ofqfihnd .i[- 832 efmreiey, didailealfnorh-‘eLk212is Gaflrgizg.
To which _fhc e pleaded? Ni3I.—guil!;y,. ar.1d..put_ he!‘ fell’ upon, the
COUWTCY-i "  '| - \ ,   r l y *
  -_14:/illiam Bake, tlndiéled for having two VS/Ives.’ againfl Jhe form
,6f~th‘c,Statute‘.',' _,I,’_I_eaC,ls.€’Cl',  ‘ ,      ; _.i_j *   f
 ;§‘mli2%‘t Smitbrihdiétecl’ foftl}a't (he, tfief “29t}3.,'of Ofiob. *;ididjl_’ceal
ihhie men-‘orat>4}.5a11 €a§‘u°‘e=&om , ‘smit/:‘r."  site pliéadcd Not
guilty, and pat l1CQ"lElfi‘_(p§m\the;Coéntrey;‘ = ’:’i'7 ire” 
i 3‘agne:FumerbfWZ2ite-:cbbgz$pei'Indiéfed, for that-he, the 12.1%.
9f; ;1\_l01/§?73é.‘ :1 Q7  tdidlfiéal. a_M4r.<a . SCOIOW brow“, {F9111 one

1”. ‘‘’-'.;;!‘:';1  a‘?.d:PPh.him{é1fuP9P
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? ° F   jdiiflei.-5'5¢7il‘l#IiTdiua2€£,i,f'.fd1‘:iihéfhfia the;z1a£’c 05 .I6'73.:dIe1I
’ ,fiea1_three_,Hogs‘,: ezolour whimof thevalu¢:.pf;..- 'i¢Ver,Yj ;<.>.ne-of them
_ 35:. from Leonard Sanders.  pleaded Nfot guilty, and put him-
Ielfupon the Cofuntrey. - -      t , L , I
-~~l{/zfliczm Bray» Indiéted, for that he, the 6th‘ Of S§p£gmb.‘1j67—8t. ,
I  ~ did fieal one Gelding, co1our,br'oWn,; B-om 447fi&_¢qx.G2;[ioj2;3a}. » ~ 131: '
L pleaded Not guilty, and jpirthimfelfupon the C,o,L;n,t-trey. gj . .  
Matthew .Ma'/zzforzl Indiéted, for that, he, the  dgof Naive ,,.;n’v,
16 7 8. being a Soldier int11e_«Company,of ffobfi, Dré2.pgEfq.i’at: Ca-
  ptain in the Serviceof the Kin g, there was a jcertain dif<;ourfe had i ,
' betweenhitn and one ‘Mama Ibpping, and one e_‘}"ame: Samlerr,
.concerning our Sovereign Lord -t11e,I3§ing,'€lli€i:the,, Religioni in
the Kingdomei1*ab1ifhed ; he--the ;»faide,~£Ma_f;t:be31J (hid, he
Was a>Papif’c: 1lpon_ewhich.1;h¢ .faid-£171??? 13114 .:Sé¥7Z4’5?’5:~tO1d him.
the was not fit to be aisoldier «then; ;inj,t«he’i 'ngS:Se~i1vice.~ Hemg.
E p1i’d, I hope to fee you all burn’d',' and to be at the 'burjr1_i,ng ofyou,‘
=T.o‘this.I~1idir9crn“ent for a.C,Or1tem'pta'f1d. iMiTd.cmean<,>r he pleaded
Not<gui.1t-y,_and =putihimfe}.'fu_.pon the fEount1'ey, ':_ ;_- _g_» L, 
ta Then. the Prifonerswere: celled,tolookto;theirCh;1llenges, the
5- Jury fvvorn, an¢_1.P1:oi:£lamatiQfl being it made; for Ini'.()'rIfi;I;)fa.l;iQ19l;’_a,1g1§1
;<Pro1Ecution' as before,i.they,- were charged to Cnquiife, ~_Firfl:, off-
4. William hnytiz, for‘ftea1in'g.,a Gelding from Ambro: Gztlloaz/}z_;I,5
againft whom i “ , - 7- ~
 (’3ne,;tefiifi3d.: ihisdcnowledge, that it~t_-was ;_Am-lvros (}_4llo’2m}:
I-Iorfe; and another, that he boughtit ofthe-1P»,ri(‘oiier_.  Butnflpg-
T"b7'0',\‘.'1  3.  I',:~ \V0._\.1\1d. T1075, £0? C0F3fi_5.iC,flC€+1:5},_i{§‘“, as
:_he.{ai6,:f‘v'v'eq.1+",and;f’o_.coul .~ gifve no ‘teitimonygabout his }1ofin__g11ip3.
Ilponwhich the Court direéted the _i];ury‘to‘ifind»the Prifoner Not
‘. Tuilty forewant ofEVidence,:nand' cQmmitt€d‘_Ih’6 Chlaker, as a ‘con-
...cea,1e-iuof_ Felohgggfor refufing, an .Oath«to,,Witne{é for the King. ,
'f"I§Uf3¢d'_Z.l'72e;";DoZ‘Ul.8.'f, ‘-fb1f.;fi'e:é1ling~'2ag,;I;."§*I2%154??5@9WH’ ..8,fl.d  A
 pemevvame n£:4.{..ahde.-x 8,s.':in.»(eMOnfey;,,‘fgorn ,L'e2m; ,§;‘4- - 4 1
 rm ’. W ‘H  '3'? .':*-5 .  :5.”  '  , ‘._ -—;:,;”:' H
11/§z1y.Gaflfing,ith'e Wifeof Le2‘vzér,f,wore‘,, Thatgoing out e.to_,a
” ‘ ‘‘Nei‘ghbt)urshoufe, The therrlofl thoffiggoihg and found them wjtll
~ch_e;_P1ifon'errat' the sBan‘;.’th-at-the things were in-IE:vera1;Boxesa.nd T
-'-'T5tunrk3L,*bdt‘nonh>JbrbkéI‘1op5t‘I1’;~;;_"; ;.=i-;:_-‘;.-.-.'.:'.   ,  _r-- 
L I»Valter Tzgmer depofed, That on .Sumlzz] 8t/9.Dece721[z;_, ; 
-.the’a;,fi3ernaon, wailkingt »"inAthe;AiI_ey whe1'e_tliisK-;hc_ufe}igs{a§, he did
fee the Prifbner pafs by him‘ with an Apron ,.;£u1-1 of.;thinga 
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Tthat ' Mrs. Gaffriqg-~' coming ‘out, and cotnplainin of her bf}; he

told her what he had feen, and overtaking the Prifoner, upon pm--
fuit thefe things were found with her. , ~

The Prifoner {aid that another woman, with whom {he was
drinking a pot of   drink, gave them her, and defired her to carry
them for her to fuch a place; which {he was going to do with the
things in her Apron, but not telling the womans name, nor pro.
ducing any Witnefs toprove it, the Court left it to the I13-ry. ~

Then juditb Smitb was tried, for {tealin g the Goods of 3'01»:
Smirk. Againfl whom, i  

_7o}.m_ Smit/.2, depoled that he had loll: the Goods, in the Indi&-
ment, that {he confefled the felling of fome part to the'Brol<ers,
and named many particulars, that he could not lay, they were taken
all at one time, but being his Servant, {he had opportunity to Convey
them away as {he pleafed, and that he didxnot mils them, till a,
fortnight after the time {he confefled of taking them.

The Prifoner for her {elf onlyefaid, that her Maltercharged her
with more than (he had. Qpon which confeflion of part, and the
thin gs being taken at feveraltimes, and not all, the day laid in the
ilndiétment; The Court left the value to the Iury.

fame: Turner for a Mare, co1ounBrown. Upon whole trial, it
appearing that he had been Auterfoits acquit, the Jury were dill
charged of him.

‘fame: Smith was next, for flealing three white Hogs from
Leonard Sana'er:,who depoled, ' ‘ “ ,

That he, the lalt of Oéioéer, 2'. e. Aflboflaml Eve, Iofitwo great
Hogs, and a little one, worthgl. that he purfued them by the Track,
but at 1211’: loft his intelligence. s ~

Another Witnefs fwore, that he met the Prifoner Smir/2 in the

morning of that day, when he laid, he was going to buy Calves,‘

and after, met him drivingthree Hogs, a little one, and two great
'ones, which he faid he drove for another, not for himfelf. Sander:
not feeing the Hogs in Smit/as pofleflion, not the other Witnefs n’ot
minding them, could tell the marks, and thereforethe Court asked
“the Ptifoner, whofe I-Ioggs they were that hedrove that day‘, he
denied he cverhad any, or law any. Which Evidenee-being un-
gcnain as tq the particulars charged, the Court left to the’ difcretion
ofghgjury.   " 3- _ W   . _
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T One of the Witnefles fwore, that the Pri{‘oner being at his houfé ' .
. to drink,‘ upon fome difitourfeifaid, he had been‘ a P-ap‘il’tifeaVen

years:' then faid he, you-are not fit to Pcand Sentinel where the King
pafleth, for you may kill him as he goes by you. Thenin a fume
he replied, I hope to fee you burned, and be at the Burnin of you.

The other faid, that Momfird {aid he was 21 Stafford ire man:
then faid theuaother, you mull be a Papifl, for all the Momforzls in
Stafironlfliire are Papi-its, he repliedfowas he. Then you are not
fit to be a Souldier, he in a paflion cri’d out, he hoped to fee us all
burnt, and be at the burning of us.. They both faid he was in
drink, with which the Prifoner would have excufed the matter,
but the Court told him it was no excufe, but an aggravation.‘ And
left him to the Jury. a

The laft was 7019'» Spittle, for fiealing the goodsof Hump/are]
Wjob. Againll Whom " _ ‘ ' T

PVycb gave Evidence that he 10?: fuch goods as are charged in the
Inditftment, and found them in the Cuflody of the Priloner, and‘

-that the value was 7:. And one Bdjlej depofed, that being 2. neigh-

bour of‘ Mr. Wye/9, and fitting in his Shop, he faw two Women
and aMan, Pcanding at I4’/job his door, firft one woman Wentin, then
both, and Went away, and the man went in, and a coming out with
fomething under his Coat, he Went and fo1loW’d him, telling him

what he had wasnot.lgis_oWn, and calledto the manof the houfe,

who coming out owned the things.

The Prifoner faicl he found them-at-the door, but the Conllable
upon his Qath tel’tifi’d that. he confefled at his taking, that he had
them outof the Drawer. The Court left it to the Jury, who after
a little recefs being agreed of their Verdiét concerning thefe Pri-«
fosters, brought it in thus.. ‘

That T/Jamazsine Davies, is guilty to the value of rod.

i-That _‘}‘ualitb S mm, is guilty to the Value of 1.0:].

That I/Villiam Bmyne, is not guilty.

That ffamer.-Smit/.2, is not guilty..
i That Matt/new Zldonsforzl, is guilty-

That jobn Spittle, is uilty to the value of $3. _
The Petit Juries for Lomgm and .Mia'dlefex were difcharged.

Then. the Court proceeded to Judgment upon the Prifbners,,._
according their Convictions.

Thofe to whom the benefit of Clerg-y,as Men, and the puniflxment
of Branding, as Women,was allowed, wer.e._ T

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: ‘ I/Vzllmm Slm/eesby, , ffolm .1l4acdrt)', , In all 8. in: {
‘fobn Baltee, . Hammzb Kirmmn, .8C a ‘London   i l

Ihomagr Sfackjbn, L Hanna/2 Downer,

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e If/Zllziam Baker, and Anne Mounfdell.

Ralph Leecb for refpeéi: to his age, the Court took time to.conlider'
after a very fevere check,’ and having craved the benefit of his‘
Cler .. “ . " ~ . .‘

ogiifn S pittle, who defired tranfportation, was" fer alide for it.: _

_ plm Paine,wl1o had confefled hinilelf guilty of Felony upofihis; '
Arraignment, for marrying a fecond VVife, the fiat being alive, 
did defirethe benefit of fiis Majeliies late Gracious A8: of Pat.
don. VVhich the Couttupon perufal of the A63: thought fit to grant
him, but told him that he ought to make a recompence to the par?
ties injured, which were both his Wives, for Pwmz poIefi~a'irimi,
culpaiperennzirerit. ’ ~ ' i , e a » , g

' The~Per£bns ti’d up by the Executioner for judgmentof iDeath . 9'“ i
were thele Six. i .   ’

Sufim Bzmfler, for fiealing goods of 132. value, and who had
been fentenced to be tranfported before. "  . e i   
 Stephen flflowfmitb, for a Rape 'commitf‘ed.upon Elzfizéet/3
:Hopkin:,.an Infant ef 8 ycarsof Age. ' .7 ; _  i= W i ;.

Nicbolw Bradflmw, for high Treafbn, in clipping the Coyn of ,
this Kingdom. . *  ,. _ ,; _.;

_“7'o/an Leak, for fiealing Cloth off of the Tenters, contrary to
the Statute in that cafe provided. , i  . I -1:.» —‘ , ' 

EJ212zzrdPreflon, . for Pcealing of a Mate. Which'.by’Statu't€‘alf‘o
is deprived of benefit of Clergy.’ And, > . . : 

Natbam'elRu_[]éll, fortheMurder of I/Vzfliam Midgle}..   .

Thefe Perfonsgbeing feverally called to the Bar, and told of their
Convi&ions,.were demanded of, what . they could fay to arrefl: the
judgment of Death: they could alledge nothing, and therefore; 

‘-Proclamation ‘being. made a for Silence, while .judgment;e§vV.a’.s in '
giving, the Recotderfpoke tothemthus. . . i .- » a l »-

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— t ;-Ou that -are the Prifoners at the Bar have been
is feverally Indiéted‘-of feveral Offences, -and upon
your Trials, you have had the benefit of the belt of

Laws, becaufe you have had the liberty" of making *

your defince to the feveral Accufations, whereof you
have been accufed. You have been fully heard, and by

Perfons of known integrity, who have been Triers of i
the Fair, and Countrey-men of your own, fworn to do

you Rig’nt*;' you have been Conviéted of the feveral

Oflences wherewith You fiand Char 'red and nothin re-
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mains, fave onely for the Court to do that Duty which

the Law requires of them, togive JuE1gment'upon A

thofle Verdiéts by which you Rand Convicted.  p
;s This isa Duty incumbent on the Court, though a
fad one ; andl muft confefi, I\cannot but be much trou-
bled to fee Youth arrived to that heighth of Debau-
chery, notwithftanding the frequefit Examples that are
found 'in.thi§sPlace.* So that I muff fay, and Itremble to
thinkrlamobliged to fay, That the frequent Examples
of this Blacefeem rather to be Examples to fome to out-
.do-the Villanies that are punilhed here, than to ‘deter
s.th,Cm_from thgicommiflion of them. "   am
When I fee fome among youthere, that now feem

4 {mighty full of grief, and ienfe of the deplorable con- '
-;dition you have brought your. felves into; who have

{had Mercy fhewn them here, and yet continue to offend
;\fo gracious a .»King-; when nothing will work upon
;you;*but»yo,,u.,wil1.perfifc in to Vile an habit of wicked-
fnefs ;; it feems to -me, that abfolutely necefiary Judg-
Vment be fpeedily executed upon you, there being fo
fmall hopes of Reformation. I fpeak this to let the

'rW;orId-‘know, Mercy isinot to. be lhewn to fuch, as after

,forg'n'u'1efs fin yet Worfe, 
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And in as much ‘as you have received fair and liull ii

Trials,upon which you have been Conviéted, you have
by your own vile carriages forfeited that Life, which
you might elfe have happily enjoyed ; and lhortenid
that, which by yourown indultry you might have pre.
ferv’d and lengthen’d, to the comfort of your {elves and
Friends, and the good of your Generation. And now it
remains onely for you to take care of that little, very

little time that is left you, to improve it t-othe utmoft,

for the advantage of your immortal Souls. F or having
by your great wickednefs and publick aflronts to the
Juflice of the Nation forfeited your lives, it will be
needful for you to employ the minute of breathing time
to prepare for Eternity. For though the Law do infliét

the punilhment of death on you here, you have God in,

Heaven, and a blelled Saviour and Redeemer, to whom,

fupon Confeflion and Repentance, you may with hopes

apply your {elves for mercy in the World to come.
And it will be the duty of every good Chriftian, not

. bnel y to take care, that being warned by your Examples,

they avoid the mifchiefs you have run into, but alfo to
joyn their Prayers, and all the affiltance they can con-
tribute, to the faving of your Souls, who by your Crimes
have thus deltroyed your Bodies. 3
Some of your Offences are of a more v‘ile,more black,
and more dangerous nature than others ; one of you-
fiands Conviéted of that molt horrid Crime, Murder,
blood which cries out to Almighty God for vengeance;
Murder, _I cannot but fa , without‘ any provocation;
which is not onely an oflglncei againfl the Law of God,
but even againlt Nature, for one man to deltroy another
without a provocation. If there were no fuch thing as a

.God in Heaven, or Jufiice upon Earth, Natu-re it {elf

.r,-eacheth a man not to be barbarous. to his own likenefs.
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Therefore it will become thee to ufe all the tears thou f

Canft flied, to walh away the blood thou -haft fpilt, and

that will not be enough to take of} thy guilt; for  
  nothing but the precious blood of our dear and blefied

Lord‘ and Saviour, the Lord Iefus Chrifi, can favea

man‘ that is guilty of fo great and horrible a wickednefs .

as lhedding innocent blood.

_ And for the reft, their offences have beenfuch, as by ~
the Law are to be punilhed with death. It will become 1
y_ou.to betake your felves to Repentance; and I..exp.eé’c'~

it from him whofe« proper bufinefs it is, that he give
you. all the alfiflance he canto promote fo good a work,
by helping youito fpend youralittle time well, inorder
to a happy Eternity. ' This I have fpoken in charity to

your Souls. I. do ‘therefore in the name of the Court.
p,r,onounce this Judgmem: upon you all, fave onely the

Youththat is conviétedfor clipping the Kings Coin,

2724: _you fballgafram /rem‘-6 to :1» placcifrom whence you :1

came, and from thence to the place of Executio;¢,_. wlzere

you jballjétuerally .56 banger! 5} your neck: tillyou ée z/ear/;_.

dndffcbovah the Lord of Heaven. and Earth have mercy
u‘pon.»‘your Souls. ‘ ; ' ‘

2:7/0€12.}.1€ applied lziinafelffo  Young/Han. R
for Treafon, Mm.-

.. bfieni Arraigned. andTried_' for an Offence, that-

 the Law is made High ifrealbn, the Clipping of, the:
K-mgs C0111? e I am forry, heartily ferry, and very much.

lamentto. fee aYouth,‘in whom ‘there feems to be‘ (0

much modefty, far from .perfuading'-any one to believe,

that any manner of Villany Ihouldc _lurk.._m1;1eme§uJ1.fo.
PI‘0fT.l1 mg and to good a Face, come -under the guilt of

 On: the Prifoner at the Bar ,_ have likewife

for

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{'0 great an Offence, But the ‘truth of it is, the Appren-
tices of London have got fucha Trade of abufing their
Mailers by Clipping, and fuch tricks, which they are
encouraged to by a pack ofGoldfmiths Men, who are
fit for their purpofe, that if forne ofthem be not made
Examples, it Wlll be the mine of many. It is’ adifeafe

that will run through the whole Flock. AndI am forry,

to fee you the "firft fad lamentable infiance of that Ju-
ftice, which mull pafs againfl: Offenders of that kind,
whofe modefiyihould have prevail’d upon you, not one-
ly to look like a Vertuous Boy,-but (0 to have afted.
»=Butin as much as thou hafi offended’ the -Law, it will
become thee alfo, if thou halt offended thy Mafter or
any body elfe, to make them What reparation thou
canft, by making confeflion of the offence, and difco-

vering the Parties that were concerned with thee, who- at

ever they are. For there can be no better mjeans ‘ for Sal-
vation. in the next World, not hopes of Mercy?-i‘n this

World, than by confeflingthy Crimes, and telling the '

Accomplices, and ’tis my. advice, '1_‘ell allthou knowell.
But Imuft declare the Judgment of the Law, which is
this, and the Court doth award it, ' . . a

T hat you are to go from hence to the place from whence

you came, and from thence he drawn on a Iafure/le to the

place of Execution, where you /bah/' 'he,han,geel hy the neck

tz'l[)roz¢_‘he dead, and the Lord have mercy upon your Soul,

Then Sufi» Banfler being asked whatlhe could fay in delay ,

of Execution, {he defired to be Tranfported. c

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Then the Prifoners Conviét for Petty Larceny, whogvi/‘ere thefe,

George Cletheroe, Samuel Thomp/on, 1|4aryRead, Mar} Hipkim,
Margaret Smith, Mar] Hutchim, Richard Symell, Thomazane

Davies, Tfaditb Smith, and Anne Harm, in all, Ten; Whole , r

Sentence was delivered thus a: - e ' A

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Ou the Prifoners at the Bar, 1 have obferved in
the time that} have attended here, that your

4 Pick-pockets, Shop-lifters, and you other Artifis, which
I am not fo well acquainted with, which fill up this
-place, throng itamolt with Women, and generally fuch

as lhe there,/Mar} ffipkins, with whom no admonitions
williprevail. They are fuch, whofe happinefs is placed
in being thought able to teach others to be cunning
in their wickednefs, and their Pride is to be thought
more*fli_e than the "reft: Aparc-el of Sluts, who-make it
their continual fludy to know how far they may fteal,

- and yet fave their necks from the Halter, and are as per-
. feet in that,.as if they had never been doing any thing,

elfe. Buttalse notice ofit, you that will take. no swam-
ing, I pafs my word for it, if e’er I catch you here again,

‘;I will take care you lh-all not eafily-efcape.

And the relt of thofe Women, that have the impu--

dence to frnoke Tobacco, and gusfle in Ale-houles;

pretend to buy Hoodsand Scarls, oncly tohave an
opportunity to {teal them, turning T.hiev.es;.to maintain’?

your luxury and prided. So farihall you befrom any

hope of mercy, if we meet-with you here. for the future,
that you lhall be fare to have-the veryrigour ofthe
Law infliéted on you; And I ‘charge him that puts the

Sentence in Execution, to do- it .»efle&ually, and .particu- ~

larly totake care of :.Mrs. it-11,0/ciri3,.-fcourge'l1er found-~
ly; and the other Woman ‘that us’d to fleal Goldllings
in aCou-ntrey Drefs ; and lince-they? may have ainind

to it; this cold weather, let them bewell heated.» *  

Your Sentence: is: this, 77142! _you; 15:’ carried from

lzatzce to the place from wlmnce)/on-came, am! flomit/Jezfce,
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"Boa’z'es éeing /bipt from the Girdle upwards, am! 5:
_W'/Jipt tilljour Bodies Heed. , L . _ ‘

70/an Leak, whow-as found guilty of flealing Cloth oilthc

Tenters, and received Sentence of death for it, according torhe
Act in that cafe, which-alfo gives the Court power to .Tranfport
the Party, if they fee fit, was by the Court Reprieved in order to
Tranfportation, being an able Sea-man, and one that had done the
l{ing good fervice at Sea.   S‘

The Priloners Fined for Trefpafé and Mi{demeanor,were Mait—il

. tioezv Momfird, T/aomm 70/.mfo1z, and ffobn _'}’o/mfm.
To Matthew Momfml, who was the Soldier that had fpoken
fuch bad words, Mr.Recorder gave this Admonition: , ’

" On the Prifoner at the Bar, fee now the great In-
convenience that comes upon the debauchery of
fome People; you that feern to have no Religion in
the World but when you are drunk... But you muft not
tliink, drunk or fober, to revile the Protefiant Religion,
and o unpunilhed for it. Let the times be thought no-
ver E dangerous, yet I hope it will be always feen, that
-- the Magiiirates of this City and Kingdom dare tell all
Mankind, They do and will own the Proteftant Religi-
_on, and dare curb the proudeft He, who {hall prefurne to
tranfgrefs our Laws, . or offer to reproach, our Religi-
on. And all the Priefts and Jefuitsthey have lhall never
blow up any man to that heighth of Impudence, as to
dare do any thing in contempt of the Government, or
affront to our Religion, but we will be fure to take
«down his pride, and make him know that helhall be
fubjeét to Juftice. And fo {hall you find, who when
you were drunk,» couldbrag you were a‘ Papifi, and
hoped to fee Proteftants burnt. You are an excellent
man no doubt at a Faggot. Your contempt -is very

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great, and the Court is very fenfibie of it; ‘and thataafll

the World may take notice how fenlible they ate, and
~ of their . relolution, that fuch Offenders fliall not go

unpuniihed ; and that you may fee, it lhall not be a full
ficient excufe to fay, You were drunk when you did, it,

and pretend to ‘repent of it now you are fobfifs aml to ’
turnProteftant again, We do tllifllffiti to lay gal Fine of e

iool. upon you, and commit youin Execution till fuch
time as you pay it; and upon your Enlargement, you
are to find Sureties for the Good Behaviour for {even
years. ‘

To Trbomw and yo/air’: 70/mfim, who llole the Lead off the top
of Stepne]-Cburr/9, he fpoke thus: ” ’ ' ' ’ “

YOu are Brethren in iniquity, Simeon and Lev). I
find you are not Church-men the rightway. But
you are mightily beholding to the Confiable, fo much,
that I think you ought to own it to him as long as you
-live; for if he had given you but half an hours time
longer, you had been in a fair way to have been
hanged. Your zeal for Religion is fo great, as to cart

you to the top of the Church. It is but a T refpals, it is
true, butl allure you one of the rankeflt that ever I

' heard of, it is Cozen-German to F elony. If that be your

Way of going to Church, it is fit you fliould betaken no-
tice of. Are you not alhamed to have oflered at the
coinmiflion of fuch an offence, in a Place whereto, if
you were men that had any regard to a future flare,
you"wou1d pay a great reverence, becaufe good men
meet there to pray againfl fuch offences, not to commit
them, as youidid. The offence beingfo great, and the
Trefpafs fo rank, the Punifliment mull bear fome pro-

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portion to it, which is this, The Court dothfet a Fine
jlflalt jouof 2.01; apz'ec¢,_4ml c‘ommz"t‘yoze‘ till you pa} it to
tbe Common Gaol of Newgate ;.. am!)/aue are to fimlSure-
ties for the Good Be/yavviour 5efore}o-u 56 zlzfi/Jarged. ,

The Calling over ._the Gaol was left till phe end of the Seflions.
Then the Court was adjourned ti1LTue_{da]' morning next, being

 Decemb. 17. at (‘even of the clock.

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