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<P>A True and Impartial Account of the cruel and bloody <HI>MURTHER,</HI> committed Upon the Body of Thomas Thin, <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR></P>
<P>Well known in the We&s;t of <HI>Engl.</HI> for an e&s;tate of near 12000 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> a Year On Sunday the 12th of <HI>February,</HI> 1682.</P>
<P>between the Hours of Seaven and Eight at Night, who was barba|rou&s;ly and inhumanely Butcher'd in his own Coach, in the open Street, by Three Out-landi&s;h Villains, Named, <HI>Frederick Fratz,</HI> a <HI>German</HI> Captain; and <HI>George Bo|roskie,</HI> a <HI>Polander;</HI> and <HI>John Stern,</HI> a <HI>German.</HI></P>
<P>Giving you an Exact Account how they were &s;everally Exa|mined before the <HI>Councill;</HI> who after their Examinations were all Three committed to <HI>Newgate.</HI> Together, with a <HI>German</HI> Doctor, who was &s;uppo&s;ed privy to the matter.</P>
<P>Letting you under&s;tand the cau&s;e of this <HI>A&s;&s;a&s;&s;ination;</HI> which they alledge was in the Vindication of <HI>Count Charles John Conningsmarke,</HI> Who hath &s;ometime layn &s;ecretly about <HI>London;</HI> and upon the Mur|ther committed, did privately remove from his Lodgings, thinking thereby to have E&s;caped beyond the Seas: But was accidentally ta|ken at <HI>Grave&s;end,</HI> and afterwards Examined before King and Council: on the 20th of <HI>Feb.</HI> 1682. With many more things worth your Ob&s;ervation. As Namely, A New <HI>Di&s;covery</HI> made by the <HI>Sweedi&s;h Amba&s;&s;adour,</HI> in <HI>Councill;</HI> how that the Tutor of the Young Count <HI>Conning&s;|mark</HI> &s;hould ask him &s;everal Que&s;tions concerning the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Thin,</HI> very Material to this purpo&s;e, and whether if this Mr. <HI>Thin</HI> were removed, the <HI>Count</HI> could Lawfully Marry with the Lady <HI>Oagle.</HI></P>
<P>Being the Sub&s;tance of the Tryals of <HI>Count Charles John Koning&s;mark,</HI> Al&s;o the Tryal of <HI>Fredrick Fratz,</HI> a <HI>German,</HI> Captain <HI>John Stern,</HI> a <HI>German</HI> Lieutenant, and <HI>George Boroskie,</HI> a <HI>Polander:</HI> which Three la&s;t were all Condemned for the &s;aid Murther: The <HI>Count</HI> having nothing but Circum&s;tantial Evidence again&s;t him, was ac|quitted for the &s;ame.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>J. Millit,</HI> in the Year, 1682.</P>
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<HEAD>An Impartial Account of the bloody Murther, committed upon body of <HI>Thomas Thin,</HI> E&s;quire.</HEAD>
<P>ON <HI>Sunday</HI> the 12th. In&s;tant, 1682, this worthy Gent<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">+man decea&s;ed, by name <HI>Thomas Thin,</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> having be<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> accompanied by, and honoured with the pre&s;en<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> of his Grace the Duke of <HI>Monntouth</HI> the major part of the d<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> were about 7 or 8 of the Clock at night, returning to their <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">&s;pective Habitations, the Duke parting with the afore&s;a<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Gentleman at a place which he thought convenient; befo<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> he came to the Habitation of the decea&s;ed, after many frien<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">+ly farewels on both &s;ides, this Squires Coach drave on, an<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> coming to a place known by the name of <HI>Pall-Mall,</HI> near <HI>Pic<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">+adilly,</HI> his Servants perceived three per&s;ons on Hor&s;e-bac<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> riding towards the Coach, but not dreading any har<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> took little Cognizance of them, till on a &s;udden riding <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> clo&s;e to the Coach, one of them fired (as is &s;uppo&s;ed a Blu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">+derbus, or) a Mu&s;quetoon into the Coach, which mortal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> wounded the &s;aid Gentleman, and &s;o amazed the Servant that they knew not how to look one upon the other; b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> finding their Ma&s;ter wounded, made what ha&s;t they cou<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> after the&s;e bloody-minded Wretches, crying, Murder, Mu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">|der; but they con&s;cious of their Helli&s;h Fact, by the he<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> of their Hor&s;es got off without being taken, and as &s;om<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;ay, crying, a Race, a Race, as they Rid; but yet the pu<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;uit (though in vain that night) cea&s;ed not, for notwith&s;tand|ing the diligence of the Servants in &s;earching and pur&s;uing no di&s;covery could be made. This amazing and unwelcom<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> News came at la&s;t, and in little time too, to the ear of his S<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">|veraign Maje&s;ty, who to &s;hew his di&s;plea&s;ure again&s;t &s;uc<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> bloody and barbarous Cruelties, he immediately di&s;patch<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters"> Orders to the Sea-Ports for the &s;trict Examination of all per|&s;ons about to Tran&s;port them&s;elves beyond Sea, and al&s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> diligent &s;earch to be made here in Town, hoping thereby t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">
<PB N="2" REF="3">find out the&s;e ba&s;e and wicked actors of this horrible Murder, but they, accompanied with the horror of gnawing Con&s;cien|ces, had as I &s;uppo&s;e, lodged them&s;elves &s;ecurely from the eye of the world, but the All-&s;eeing eye of the Almighty, which cannot be blinded, nor will be Hood-winkt, quickly, by the means of the &s;ucce&s;sful Searchers, di&s;covered the&s;e Villains, who&s;e cruelties are to be admired, and who&s;e rewards will doubtle&s;s in little time be awarded for them. After they had, by the help of &s;ome Informations, been traced even to their own Lodgings, and being &s;eized, they were all found to be Out-landi&s;h Men, and were on Munday morning following, brought before the Council, who were a&s;&s;embled in great number for that ver<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="3 letters">po&s;e; &s;o then the Ring-leader, or chief of them being <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters">amined about the Premi&s;es, he &s;eem|ed nothing di&s;may'd, nor endeavoured by any Eva&s;ions to ac|quit him&s;elf of his Butchery, but with admired impudence ac|knowledged the thing, and confe&s;&s;ed the Fact: Then being Examined what he was, he an&s;wered that he was a <HI>German</HI> born, and that his name was <HI>Fratz,</HI> or as &s;ome &s;ay <HI>&V;ratz;</HI> and added al&s;o, that he was a Captain of Foot: He al&s;o confe&s;&s;ed that he had received many remarkable favours from the Count <HI>Charles John Conning&s;mark,</HI> and his Family, which oblieged him not only to accompany him in his Travels, but al&s;o to vin|dicate him (when affronted) to the utmo&s;t of his power, a&s;|&s;erting that the decea&s;ed had be&s;towed many gro&s;s affronts up|on the &s;aid Count, which &s;orely vexed and tormented his in|gaged Soul, and for the&s;e cau&s;es re&s;olved to take &s;atisfaction of him (in this barbarous manner as is &s;uppo&s;ed,) being inform|ed that the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Thynn</HI> was gone out in his Coach, (the De|vil who &s;till is the chief animater of &s;uch bloody mi&s;chiefs) put him in mind that then might be an opportune &s;ea&s;on to affect his Diabolical de&s;ign; in order thereunto he took Hor&s;e, ac|companied only with one friend and a Servant which he had, who was provided with a Mu&s;quetoon, them&s;elves being well armed with Swords and Pi&s;tols: He al&s;o alledgeth, that at
<PB N="3" REF="4">their meeting of the Coach near or at <HI>Pall-Mall,</HI> he rid up to the Coach, bidding the Coach-man &s;tand, with an intent to have fought the &s;aid Mr. <HI>Thynn,</HI> but that his Servant being a <HI>Polander</HI> and a &s;tranger (perhaps as much to humanity as to) his Language, not rightly under&s;tanding what he &s;aid, di&s;charging the Mu&s;quetoon into the Coach, &s;hot him into the Belly, (&s;ome &s;ay with four, and &s;ome &s;ay) with five Bullets, but be it four or five, this worthy Gentleman lo&s;t his dear life thereby, to the great lamentation of many, and admiration of the whole City and Country that have heard of this mi&s;hap.</P>
<P>This being with great Impudence confe&s;&s;ed to the Council, he was ordered to withdraw out of the Council-Chamber; which being done, the Servant before <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1+ letters">ationed was called in and Examined, who very audaciou&s;ly denyed all and every particular, but being Confronted with his Ma&s;ter, he then confe&s;&s;ed that he was but newly arrived in <HI>England,</HI> and that as la&s;t Friday being the 19th. In&s;tant, he came from <HI>Dam</HI> in <HI>Pome|ren,</HI> and was become Servant to Captain <HI>Fratz;</HI> adding, that as he was his Servant, he thought he was thereby oblieged to obey his orders, and perform his comand, and that according|ly he took Hor&s;e with him, and &s;o meeting with this Gentle|man in his Coach, he &s;aith his Ma&s;ter bid him &s;ire, which in o|bedience to his commands he did, by which means he not only deprived this Gentleman of his life, but al&s;o hath brought his own into &s;uch jeopardy, that I hardly think he will go a|gain into his own Country to boa&s;t of this wicked Murder.</P>
<P>A Third per&s;on being Examined, acknowledged him&s;elf to be a <HI>Sweede</HI> by Birth, and that his Name was <HI>John Stern,</HI> ha|ving been formerly a Lieutenant in <HI>Flanders,</HI> alledging that his coming into <HI>England</HI> was to get imployment, and acciden|tally became acquainted with the afore&s;aid Captain <HI>Fratz,</HI> not above a week ago, and that at the reque&s;t of the &s;aid Captain he accompanied him abroad on Sunday, and that the &s;aid Captain di&s;covered to him that he had a Quarrel again&s;t a Gentleman, and that he was re&s;olved to &s;ight him: He al&s;o
<PB N="4" REF="4">&s;aith, That he was not by when the Mu&s;quetoon was di&s;char|ged, but was about twenty paces behind the Coach, which might be and he neverthele&s;s acce&s;&s;ary to the thing; So the Council having deliberated well upon the matter, they were all three committed to <HI>Newgate,</HI> in order to their Tryal. Like|wi&s;e a <HI>German</HI> Doctor in who&s;e hou&s;e this Captain <HI>Fratz</HI> was taken, it being &s;trongly &s;uppo&s;ed that he was privy to the De&s;ign: And be&s;ides all this, His Maje&s;ty out of his great care of, and tender love to his Loyal Subjects, hath cau&s;ed &s;everal other per&s;ons to be examined before the Council con|cerning this mo&s;t horible and bloody Murder, by which means the evil de&s;ign again&s;t the decea&s;ed is more and more mani|fe&s;ted, notwith&s;tanding the great pretences and &s;ubtile Eva|&s;ions made by the &s;aid Captain <HI>Fratz,</HI> and I doubt not but in a very little time to give you a more punctual and po&s;itive ac|count of the Punctilio's, for it already begins to &s;avor of de|&s;ign, and that the Murder was ab&s;olutely determined upon, and is gro&s;ly &s;u&s;pected to be hatched and contrived by the above-mentioned Count <HI>Charles John Coning&s;mark,</HI> who hath concealed him&s;elf in Town, under a fal&s;e name about a Fort|night, and upon the Murther committed upon the body of Mr. <HI>Thynn,</HI> hath &s;ecretly and &s;uddenly removed from his Lodging, which &s;eems to be an Argument of his con&s;piracy, he removing the very next morning after the perpetration of this Wickedne&s;s.</P>
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<HEAD>A True Account of the Apprehending and Ta|king of <HI>Count Conning&s;mark;</HI> Shewing how before the Mayor of <HI>Grave&s;end,</HI> he had pretended him&s;elf an Apprentice; and of the hand|fuls of Money he di&s;tributed among tho&s;e that Guarded him, <HI>&amp;c.</HI> With his Examination before his Maje&s;ty in Privy Council.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas 200 <ABBR><HI>l.</HI></ABBR> was promi&s;ed for the taking of Count <HI>Con|ning&s;mark;</HI> A per&s;on &s;uppo&s;ed to have known where the Count has been for four days la&s;t pa&s;t did acquaint Mr. <HI>Kidd,</HI> Mr. <HI>Thynn</HI>'s Gentleman, he acquainted Mr. <HI>Gibbons,</HI> one of the
<PB N="5" REF="5">Duke of <HI>Monmouths</HI> Gentlemen, where the Count was: whereupon Mr. <HI>Gibbons,</HI> and one of the Duke of <HI>Yorks</HI> Wa|termen, with &s;ome others, went to <HI>Grave&s;end, Feb.</HI> 19. at 8 of the Clock at Night. This Count was taken at that time and place, in poor Habit, come on &s;hore, he had a black old Per|uke, with his own hair tyed like a Womans, roul'd up upon his head, and the re&s;t hung down his Back under his Coat, his own Hair being very White, he having Dined on <HI>Sunday</HI> la&s;t at <HI>Greenwich.</HI></P>
<P>The fir&s;t that &s;eized him was Mr. <HI>Gibbons,</HI> who cla&s;ped him with both his Arms, &s;aying; <HI>Sir, you are my Pri&s;oner:</HI> the Count had a Sword under his Coat, and his Hand on the Hilt, but the Sword dropt by rea&s;on of Mr. <HI>Gibbon</HI>'s Cra&s;p: The Count had like to have &s;prung out of his hands, and was very Mutinous; and askt Mr. <HI>Gibbons, If he came to Rob him?</HI> But Mr. <HI>Gibbons</HI> told him, <HI>He had the King's War|rant, and the Recorder of</HI> Grave&s;end<HI>'s Warrant to &s;eize him:</HI> With that the Waterman took hold on one of his Arms, and Mr. <HI>Gibbons</HI> on the other; he askt Mr. <HI>Gibbons, Who he was, that would offer to &s;eize him?</HI> And after &s;ome Di&s;cour&s;e, the Count confe&s;&s;ed, he was the Count <HI>Conning&s;mark,</HI> before he was carried before the Mayor of <HI>Grave&s;end, Mr. Gibbons</HI> an&s;|wered, <HI>He was the Duke of</HI> Monmouth<HI>'s Servant:</HI> Then &s;aid the Count, <HI>The Duke of</HI> Monmouth <HI>is out of favour at Court:</HI> But, &s;aith <HI>Mr. Gibbons, The King has lo&s;t a good Subject, and my Ma&s;ter a good Friend, and &s;o have we all, a Worthy Gentle|man mo&s;t Barbarou&s;ly Murthered;</HI> and then the Count pa&s;&s;ed a great many Complements, and de&s;ired to be civilly u&s;ed: The Counts Pockets were &s;earched, expecting to find Pi&s;tols, but they found therein two pieces of Polonian Sa&s;&s;ages, they being al&s;o almo&s;t full of money.</P>
<P>He ask'd, Who the Waterman was? He an&s;wered, He was the Duke of <HI>York</HI>'s Waterman, and <HI>Mr. Gibbons</HI> had commanded him, in the King's Name, To a&s;&s;i&s;t him. When he was carried before the Mayor, he was very Ceremonious, and &s;aid, <HI>He was glad he was fal|len into the hands of a Gentleman;</HI> and withal again confe&s;&s;ed, <HI>He was
<PB N="6" REF="5">the Count</HI> Conning&s;mark; and al&s;o de&s;ired, That as he was u&s;ed a|mong Souldiers, &s;o he might have a Guard of Souldiers, and not of Civil Officers: Hereupon the <HI>Mayor</HI> granted him a &s;trong Guard of Souldiers, and told him, he &s;hould have civil U&s;age. Then he de|&s;ired his Cloaths might be &s;ent for from the Waterman, who brought them. Hereupon the <HI>Mayor</HI> had an opportunity to examine the Waterman, who to avoid all Su&s;pition of Confederacy, &s;aid, He had been Crui&s;ing four days upon the Thames, in order to his E&s;cape: And further, he told him, the Count &s;aid to him, <HI>He was an Appren|tice to a Jeweller, and a Banker; and that his Fellow Prentice had fraudu|lently convey'd from his Ma&s;ter, without his privity, a great many Jewels and other things, to &s;everal Thou&s;and pounds value; and tho' he was In|nocent; yet being the elder Prentice, he &s;adly dreaded Impri&s;onment for his Partners Fact: and therefore the Count took this Cour&s;e to convey him&s;elf beyond Sea; where he had Intelligence his fellow Apprentice was, and there he did intend to apprehend him, and clear him&s;elf, and return to</HI> England <HI>to his Ma&s;ter.</HI> The Waterman believing this Story did his be&s;t to con|vey him away.</P>
<P>As the Count was carrying away from the <HI>Mayor,</HI> he gave his guard a handful of money to buy Tobacco and Ale; and gave the Duke of <HI>Yorks</HI> Waterman that a&s;&s;i&s;ted in taking him, another handful of mo|ney, and &s;aid; <HI>He had but one Ba&s;tion or Counte&s;carp more to enter upon, and that would do his Bu&s;ine&s;s:</HI> A Nobleman &s;aid, He was always full of Projects, but he &s;uppo&s;ed he meant a Scaffold.</P>
<P>When he was before his Maje&s;ty in Coun&s;el, he was ask'd &s;everal Que&s;tions: to which he made &s;light an&s;wers; and &s;eem'd unconcern'd, but in the conclu&s;ion, about 12 at Night he was &s;ent to <HI>Newgate.</HI></P>
<P><HI>This Account is taken from Mr.</HI> Gibbons, <HI>who fir&s;t &s;eized the Count.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>The Proceedings at the Old Bayley, concerning the Count, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></HEAD>
<P>ABout 9 in the morning, the Court being &s;et, the Jury Im|panneled for the Trying of the&s;e Notorious Offenders, being called over, were half Engli&s;h and half Forreigners. The Pri&s;oners were brought up by order of Court, and &s;everally Arraigned for the Murder, and demanded to plead Guilty or not Guilty; as likewi&s;e <HI>Charles John Conning&s;mark,</HI> who was put upon the &s;ame Iury, he as well as the re&s;t having an Interpreter allowed him; when they had &s;o pleaded, and put them&s;elves upon God and their Country, the Iury were Sworn, and they ordered to look to their Charges. Whereupon the Count made a Peremptory Exception again&s;t 17 or 18, but at la&s;t
<PB N="7" REF="6">a Iury of Engli&s;h and Aliens were Sworn, and the Indictment Read, which was, That <HI>George Borishy</HI> had on <HI>Feb.</HI> 12. la&s;t, with a Mu&s;|quetoon, Charged with Powder and Bullets, Shot and Killed, <HI>Thomas Thynn</HI> <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> and the &s;aid <HI>Chri&s;topher &V;rats,</HI> was aiding in the &s;ame.</P>
<P>After which Sir <HI>Francis Withins</HI> open'd the matter and manner of the barbarous Murder, as likewi&s;e Sir <HI>Francis Winnington</HI> and Mr. <HI>Wil|liams,</HI> Council for the King, whereupon the Evidence were called, and the fir&s;t that were &s;worn were two of <ABBR>E&s;q</ABBR> <HI>Thynns</HI> Men, who gave E|vidence, that their Ma&s;ter having been in his Coach at the Counte&s;s of <HI>Northumberland,</HI> and returning home through the <HI>Pall-Mall</HI> on the day afore&s;aid in the Evening, three per&s;ons came riding up to the Coach, one &s;topping it, and another firing into it, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 letter">hen &s;led with what ha&s;t they could, and although pur&s;uit was made after them, they could not be taken: Next the Examinations which were taken by Sir <HI>John Risby</HI> and Mr. <HI>Bridgman,</HI> were Sworn to by the &s;aid Iu&s;tices, who gave the &s;ub&s;tance of them as followeth. That <HI>Borisky</HI> had confe&s;&s;ed he &s;hot into the Coach at the command of <HI>Vrats,</HI> and that <HI>Vrats</HI> had confe&s;&s;ed he went to compell E&s;quire <HI>Thynn</HI> to &s;ight him, and that for his affronts put upon Count <HI>Conning&s;mark</HI> he de&s;ired <HI>Stern</HI> and <HI>Borisky</HI> only to &s;ee fair play, &s;aying, That the latter &s;ired without his Order, but it being proved fully, not only by their Examinations before the Iu&s;tices, but likewi&s;e they in Court confe&s;&s;ed the &s;ame, the Council proceeded to prove that the Count was the principal contriver of this Murther, whereupon one Mr. <HI>Van&s;oy</HI> Tutor to the Counts Brother was called, who gave Evidence, that he had entertaind <HI>Borisky</HI> in his &s;ervice but the Friday before the Murther, and that he had bought him a Sword and other Accou|trements for Hor&s;eman&s;hip.</P>
<P><HI>Dr.</HI> Frederick Harvey <HI>being Sworn, te&s;tified, That the Count was his Patient, and that he had a breaking our in his Brea&s;t, which cau&s;ed him to di&s;gul&s;e him&s;elf; becau&s;e he would not he obliged to drink or Sort him&s;elf with any Company. A Foot-Boy of his was likewi&s;e Sworn; who te&s;tified; That</HI> Urats <HI>was commonly with his Ma&s;ter, and that the Night the Murder was dine, he came-thither, and the Count the next morning fled, having &s;hified his Lodgings three or four times. The Sweed at</HI> Rotherith, <HI>at who&s;e hou&s;e he lay, was called, who gave Evidence, That he came to his hou&s;e, telling him he was in &s;ome Danger, de&s;iring to have &s;ome change of Apparel, which he lent him, and the next day he hired a Skuller, and was three days Crui&s;ing upon the River of</HI> Thames, <HI>between that and</HI> Graves-end. <HI>The next was Mr.</HI> Gibbons <HI>and Mr.</HI> Kid, <HI>who took him, Their Evidence was, That they having Notice from a per&s;on, that the Count ab&s;conded at</HI> Rotherith, <HI>they got a Warrant and pur&s;ued him to</HI> Graves-end, <HI>where they had <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="1 word"> he was gone, and there &s;eized him. That after various di&s;cour&s;es; he &s;aid,</HI> That this bu&s;ine&s;s might prove a &s;tain to his blood, but that a brave Action in War might recover it. <HI>After which the Jury went but and con&s;idered the Evidence; When they returned, they found</HI> Urats, Borisky, <HI>and</HI> Stern, <HI>Guilty of Wilful Murther, but accquitted the Count: Whereupon the Court proceeded to give Judgement of Death upon tho&s;e that were found Guil|<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="UOM" EXTENT="2 letters"></HI></P>
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