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<P>A TRUE NARRATIVE Of the Proceedings at the Se&s;&s;ions-Hou&s;e IN THE OLD-BAYLY, Which begun on <HI>Wedne&s;day</HI> the 30th of <HI>April</HI> 1679. and ended on <HI>Fryday</HI> the &s;econd of <HI>May</HI>  following. Being a True Relation of the Tryal and Condem|nation of a Romi&s;h Prie&s;t, for High-Trea&s;on. With the Tryal of the Maid for &s;etting her Ma&s;ters Hou&s;e on Fire in <HI>Holborn,</HI> as al&s;o of two Per&s;ons for Counterfeiting his Maje&s;ties Coin, and two Women for Murdering their Ba&s;tard Children.</P>
<P>WITH <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">he number of the per&s;ons that received Sentence of Death, Burn'd in the hand, and to be tran&s;ported,</P>
<P>VVith Allowance.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed for <HI>D. M.</HI> 1679.</P>
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<HEAD>The Proceedings at the SESSIONS-HOUSE In the OLD-BAYLY, were as followeth.</HEAD>
<P>OF the many Malefactors here tryed, the mo&s;t material and notorious were, Two per&s;ons, who together with a Con|federate of theirs that fled for it, had broke into a Gentlemans Chamber of <HI>Clements Lane,</HI> and from his Chamber into his Study, where they rifled his Truncks, and took away 515 <HI>l.</HI> in Moneys: they made made their way through &s;ome Chamber next adjoyning to that robbed where, one having entertained the other two to lodge with him for &s;e|veral nights, they &s;o contrived their bu&s;ine&s;s as to break a Hole in their own Wall behind their Beds head with a &s;hort but &s;trong Dagger, which was produced in Court: the Rubbi&s;h which was &s;worn by the Ividence to be to the quantity of a Bu&s;hel or two fell into their own chamber where they lay, &s;o that no &s;ign of any &s;uch breach could be di&s;co|vered in the Chamber of the Gentleman robbed: Next they met with a Wain&s;cot Pane, wherewith the Wall on the other &s;ide was lined, which with great Art they took down at a time when they knew the Gentleman robbed to be from home; the Gen|tleman's Beds head was the next oppo&s;ition they met with, but by main force they made a &s;hift to remove the Bed, and make their entrance to a mi&s;|chief: Having rifled the Truncks, and taken away the 515 <HI>l.</HI> they retreated through the breach they had
<PB N="3" REF="2"><!-- PDF PAGE 74 -->made in the Wall; the Pro&s;ecuter at his return, di&s;covering his misfortune, cau&s;es the Porter of the hou&s;e to view his Chambers, and having ju&s;t &s;u&s;|picion of the&s;e his Neighbours, orders the Porter to &s;eize upon the Owner of the next Chamber, upon his next &s;ight, who accordingly coming home late that night, with two Swords, was laid hold on by the Porter. The per&s;on pleads innocence and no want of mony to invite him to &s;uch an Attempt; as <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">l&s;o that the other his Chamber-fellows (the Parties <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ndicted) had a Key to the Chamber, and might do <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> without his knowledge, he de&s;ires that his Mo|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">her and another Witne&s;s may be heard in his behalf, <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">ut both failed to appear, though often called in Court; the other Pri&s;oner then at the Bar con&s;e&s;&s;ed <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">is having gone from his Ma&s;ter to <HI>Canterbury</HI> and <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">al</HI> with the Party which fled from this Fact, who <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">eing afraid of his di&s;covering him, gave him <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2+ letters">os.</HI> to bear his charges home again, and lent him as the Pri&s;oner calls it, 10 <HI>l.</HI> with which he returns; taken by Capt. <HI>Richard&s;on,</HI> and committed, and <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">pon full Evidence both were brought in guilty of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">he Felony and Burglary.</P>
<P>The next of note was a per&s;on that was arraigned <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">r killing a Footman upon this occa&s;ion. On the <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters">th</HI> of <HI>March,</HI> about 11 at night, the Footman <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">eeting this Per&s;on in the Street asked <HI>who came <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">ere;</HI> an&s;wer was made, a Gentleman; the Foot|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">an told him, (with the interpo&s;ition of an Oath) <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">at he was none; whereupon the Pri&s;oner &s;truck <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters">e Footman with his Cain; upon which the Foot|<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">an pre&s;s'd &s;o hard, the Pri&s;oner notwith&s;tanding
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<PB N="4" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 76 -->endeavours to take him off, that he was forced to make u&s;e of his Sword and the Footman was kill'd. This being found a &s;udden Fray, and no premedi|tated Malice between them, was brought in by the Jury Man&s;laughter.</P>
<P>After this was Arraigned a Servant-Maid indicted for &s;etting on fire her Ma&s;ters hou&s;e, in the Pari&s;h of S. <HI>Andrews Holborn,</HI> in the County of <HI>Middle&s;ex,</HI> on the 10th of <HI>April</HI> la&s;t; the Witne&s;s proved nothing again&s;t her; one affirmed that with a Fork, which upon the affright of the Fire he had taken up, he &s;tirred up a Bundle of Rag<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> or Cloathes in which he &s;aw the Wick of <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Candle about two Inches in length on Fire i<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> the Room which was then burning, but withall de+clared the oppo&s;ite end of that Room wherein it wa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> found to be mo&s;t on fire: The Pri&s;oner could no<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> hold in her tale about her ab&s;ence while the Fire wa<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> in her Ma&s;ters Garret, where it broke out; for &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> of the two Maid-&s;ervants which her Ma&s;ter kep<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> went la&s;t to Bed that night, and while they in th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> hou&s;e were bu&s;ie about the fire, &s;he it &s;eems w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters"> mi&s;&s;ing; but the Evidence fixing nothing upon he<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;he was by the <HI>Jury</HI> brought in not guilty.</P>
<P>A Woman Indicted for having on the fifteenth <HI>April</HI> la&s;t murdered a Male Ba&s;tard Child, of whi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="2 letters"> it &s;eems &s;he had been delivered but an hour befor<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> She was going with it, wrapt up in an Apron in <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> Hand-basket, to bury it in the Church-yard, as <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> pretended; being di&s;covered, was apprehended b<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 word"> man, who called another to his a&s;&s;i&s;tance, and w<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="3 letters"> much a-do wrung the Hand-basket out of her han<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="in gutter" EXTENT="1 letter">
<PB N="5" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 76 -->whereupon they &s;ent for a Midwife, who fearching found (as in Court &s;he &s;wore it) that the Pri&s;oner had then newly been delivered of a Child, that the Child was dead, but of perfect &s;hape, and that &s;he had gone her full time with it: No marks were found a|bout the Child of any force or violence had been u|&s;ed to it: The Pri&s;oner conf<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;ed &s;he was delivered of it in an Hou&s;e of Office, but affirmed, that it was Still-born; which the <HI>Jury</HI> not crediting, upon hear|ing the Statute in that behalf read to them in open Court, brough her in guilty of the Murder.</P>
<P>Another Indicted for the murder of a Male-child found dead in her Ma&s;ters hou&s;e; which being a publick hou&s;e, and in a place where a Stranger might as well have laid it, and no Proof coming in directly again&s;t her, &s;he was brought in not guilty.</P>
<P>Two Per&s;ons were Indicted for killing two men; but it being done upon provocation, and in heat of blood, the <HI>Jury</HI> found it Man-&s;laughter.</P>
<P>Afterwards was Arrainged for High-Trea&s;on, and Tryed, one <HI>Morgan,</HI> as being a Prie&s;t by Virtue of Authority derived from the Sea of <HI>Rome:</HI> Dr. <HI>Oats</HI> then pre&s;ent on the Kings behalf informed the Court upon Oath that the &s;aid <HI>Morgan</HI> was a <HI>Romi&s;h</HI> Prie&s;t, and that he had particularly on the 25th of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> la&s;t heard the Pri&s;oner, and &s;aw him in his Prie&s;ts Robes in <HI>Cockpit-Alley</HI> reading Ma&s;s, which the Pri|&s;oner not denying, the <HI>Jury</HI> brought him in guilty of High-Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>A Souldier Indicted for robbing one <HI>Beckington, April</HI> the 18th, between nine and ten at night, upon the High way between <HI>London</HI> and <HI>H<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ndon.</HI> It ap|peared to the Court, that he took from the Pro&s;ecu|tor
<PB N="6" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 77 -->a Suit of Boys Cloaths, and &s;even &s;hill&punc; in moneys numbred; after which he bound the Pro&s;ecutor, and threw him into a Gravel-pit: upon full Evidence the <HI>Jury</HI> found him guilty of the Felony and Robbery.</P>
<P>A Young Man Indicted for wa&s;hing, counterfeit|ing, and coyning ten mill'd half-Crown pieces, ten <HI>Elizabeth</HI> &s;hillings, and ten &s;hillings of the Coyn of King <HI>Charles</HI> the Fir&s;t: he was apprehended in the Fact; whereupon certain pieces of Moneys fini&s;hed and unfini&s;hed were taken from him, and produced in Court. The Pri&s;oner pretended, that for five &s;hillings he was hired only to boyl them for one living in the <HI>Minories;</HI> the <HI>Jury</HI> upon hearing the Evidence, and receiving directions from the Court about the Sta|tute on which he was Indicted, brought him in guilty of High-Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>A Souldier Arraigned f<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 letter"> murdering a Pavier in <HI>Holbourn</HI> on the 31th of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t, by wounding him with a Shovel on the right &s;ide of the head; but upon Tryal, Provocations and Circum&s;tances being duly weighed, the <HI>Jury</HI> brought in the Pri&s;oner only guilty of Man &s;laughter.</P>
<P>A Maid-&s;ervant to a <HI>French</HI> Merchant, Indicted by her Ma&s;ter for having feloniou&s;ly taken away &s;everal Tortois-&s;hell Fans, and counterfeit Amber Neck la|ces, which the Ma&s;ter proves to have been his own, and &s;old by the Pri&s;onet; but the Pri&s;oner in her Defence gives the Court ample &s;atisfaction that &s;he &s;old the&s;e by Order of her Mi&s;tre&s;s (for &s;o the Pri&s;on|er was ordered by her Ma&s;ter to own the Hou&s;e|keeper, to whom it appear'd in Court he had given
<PB N="7" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 77 -->full power of &s;elling tho&s;e commodities) the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> brought in the Pri&s;oner (who was a <HI>Prote&s;tant)</HI> not guilty; and the Pro&s;ecutor (being a <HI>Roma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Catho|lick</HI>) was made to find Sureties for his Good Clear|ing.</P>
<P>One Indicted for Murthering her Ba&s;tard Child, on the 12th. of <HI>March la&s;t,</HI> upon her Arraignment Confe&s;&s;ed the Fact and &s;eemed very Penitent: The Jury in their Verdict brought her in Guilty, and accordingly &s;he had Sentence pa&s;&s;ed upon her.</P>
<P>An Ancient Man Indicted for Seditious words which he had &s;poken again&s;t the King and the Prote&s;tant Religion: but the Evidence being &s;ome|what weak herein, and it appearing that the Pri|&s;oner was Di&s;tracted, the Jury brought him in not Guilty.</P>
<P>A Man was Indicted for High-Trea&s;on for Coun|terfeiting the Kings Coin; In his Po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion were found Stamps for Spani&s;h Pi&s;tols, and two Coun|terfeit Spani&s;h pieces, but they not being Coin currant in <HI>England</HI> and the Fact not being proved upon him as to the Coin of our King, ihe Pri&s;o|ner was brought in not Guilty.</P>
<P>Another there was one who &s;tood Indicted for Counterfeiting the Kings Coin, he Confe&s;&s;ed that he had Bra&s;s money of a Friend of his to Boyl for him, that thereby it might be brought to a pa&s;&s;able Com|plexion, which Boiling, by Directions from the Bench, appearing to the Jury to fall under the the Statute again&s;t Counterfeiting any of the Kings Coin, the Pri&s;oner was accordingly found Guilty of High Trea&s;on and Condemned to be Drawn, Hang'd and Quartered.</P>
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There was a Man Indicted for Stealing a Brown-B<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y Hor&s;e, upon his Araignment Confe&s;&s;ed the Fact, and accordingly was brought in Guilty by the Jury, and received Sentence of Death.</P>
<P>A Woman was Arraigned for the Felonious ta|king of a Silk Farrendine Gown, with two Petti|coats and a Wa&s;tcoat on the 15th of <HI>March</HI> la&s;t, was upon full Evidence Convicted and accordingly Con|demned.</P>
<P>There were many Tryed at this Se&s;&s;ions, &s;ome for Felonies, &s;ome for Burglaries, and &s;ome for Murders, for which Crimes fourteen received Sen|tence of Death, <HI>viz.</HI> nine Men and five Women; nineteen Burn'd in the Hand, and two received the Mercy of the Court for Tran&s;portation, and the Prie&s;t and Money-boiler before mentioned, were Condemned to be Drawn, Hang'd and Quartered and their Quarters to be di&s;po&s;ed of at his Maje&s;ties Plea&s;ure.</P>
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