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<HEAD>The Proceedings at the SESSIONS FOR London &amp; Middle&s;ex, Holden at the <HI>OLD BAILEY:</HI> Beginning on Wedne&s;day the Sixteenth of <HI>July,</HI> 1679. Being the Condemnation of the notorious COYNERS, And many other too common Malefactors. WITH The Number of the per&s;ons Condemned to Die, and their re&s;pective Facts. As al&s;o of tho&s;e that were Burnt in the Hand, or otherwi&s;e to be Puni&s;hed. And likewi&s;e the Tryals of Sir <HI>GEORGE WAKEMAN,</HI> Mr. <HI>Corker,</HI> Provincial of the Benedictine Monks, Mr. <HI>Rumly,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Mar&s;hal.</HI></HEAD>
<P>THE mo&s;t con&s;iderable Tryal this Wedne&s;day fore-noon, was of a Woman for Murthering her Ba&s;tard Child; a Crime in it &s;elf &s;o horrid and unnatural, as one would think no per&s;on, e&s;pecially of that Sex, which is counted the mo&s;t tender-hearted and merciful, could be guilty of &s;uch an inhumane Impiety, and yet there is nothing more frequent; notwith&s;tanding the daily examples of puni&s;hment by death inflicted up|on them; for I do not remember any Se&s;&s;ions for the&s;e half dozen years la&s;t pa&s;t, wherein there hath not been, at lea&s;t one, if not more Tryed for this Bloody Crime. The pre&s;ent Pri&s;oner was Servant to a Gentle|woman of good worth, and had behaved her &s;elf with that diligence and mode&s;ty, that &s;he had gained much upon the Affections and good opinion of the Family, &s;o that they had no mi&s;tru&s;t of her; though when &s;he had been privately Delivered, and di&s;po&s;ed of her Child, &s;he was taken notice of to be ill, and &s;ome Feminine &s;ymptomes appeared. But the &s;ame at la&s;t increa&s;ing, a Midwife was &s;ent for; who examining and enquiring into Circum&s;tances, concluded her to have been delive|red of a Child, and charging her with it, &s;he ingeniou&s;ly confe&s;t it, and that it was in a void Garret, near the room &s;he lay in, where they found it buried under certain Tiles and Rubbi&s;h. She then and now al|leadged that it was &s;till both; but confe&s;&s;ing that &s;he was never Married,
<PB N="2" REF="2">and the Statute making it Death for a Woman to be delivered of a Ba&s;tard-Child, without witne&s;s or di&s;covering it; and the Midwife, though &s;he could not po&s;itively affirm that &s;he had gone her full time, yet acknowledging the Infant had both Hair and Nails, &s;he was Con|victed, and received Sentence of death.</P>
<P>A per&s;on that had been an old Offender, though but a young man, was Tryed on two Indictments, for &s;tealing of &s;everal Watches, both pickt out of the Pro&s;ecutors Pockets; and to aggravate his Crime, one of them was &s;toln in the <HI>Savoy</HI> Church: being taken upon &s;u&s;pition, and his Lodgings &s;earcht, there were found a great number of Watches, about eighteen, and among&s;t them the&s;e two, which were now owned: though the Witne&s;&s;es could not directly Swear he was the man that robb'd them, yet being taken from their per&s;ons, and found in his cu&s;to|dy, who was not able to give any good account how he came by them, but onely a frivolous allegation, that he bought one of them of a fel|low that appeared to be hang'd la&s;t Se&s;&s;ions, and the other of he knew not whom; he was found guilty on both Indictments.</P>
<P>A very little Girl was Arraigned for &s;tealing a Money-Box, and there|in three pound and odd money, out of a Chandlers &s;hop, whil&s;t they were at Dinner: &s;he had often frequented the place for Alms, and the good man had &s;everal times relieved her; and once before &s;he had taken away a Box and Farthings, as &s;ince &s;he confe&s;t, though then not &s;u&s;|pected; but now they very quickly mi&s;&s;ing their Money, pur&s;ued, found her out not far off, and charging her very &s;harply, made her confe&s;s the Theft, and acquaint them that &s;he had thrown the Box over a wall, and hid the money in a piece of Leather under a &s;tone by a Pump, where they found it: but &s;he being a Child, and, as &s;he &s;aid, not above eight years old, and, by her allegations, there being &s;ome rea&s;on to &s;u&s;pect that &s;he did it by the wicked in&s;tigation of her Parents, in pitty to her tender age, as not having any Felonious intent, &s;he was favoured &s;o far, as not to be found guilty of the Indictment.</P>
<P>So likewi&s;e two Boys, that by &s;tealing a Gentlemans key from a Bed|maker with whom they went to School, got into his Chamber in an Inn of Chancery, and breaking his &s;tudy, &s;tole thence &s;ix pound and odd money, and two Rings, and &s;o run two or three miles out of Town, where after &s;ome time they were taken, and one of the Rings, and forty &s;hillings of the Money, the re&s;t thereof being &s;pent, and one Ring as they &s;aid lo&s;t: It appearing that onely one of them did the Fact, though the other had &s;hare in &s;pending the Money, the fir&s;t was found guilty, and the other acquitted. It being a mo&s;t &s;ad object, to &s;ee Children &s;o young, &s;o vitiou&s;ly inclined, as to attempt &s;uch wickedne&s;s.</P>
<P>A bold Girl was accu&s;ed for breaking open a Trunk, and &s;tealing a dozen of Napkins in the Hou&s;e of one that was remotely related to her; but the Jury did not think the Evidence plain enough to Convict her. So likewi&s;e they acquitted two Shop-lifts, charged with &s;tealing of for|ty yards of Bone lace; for though there were violent pre&s;umptions of their guilt, there was no direct proof.</P>
<P>In the afternoon a Carman took a Trial for killing a Boy in <HI>Newgate|&s;treet;</HI> driving his Cart along very moderately, and meeting with &s;ome
<PB N="3" REF="2">Gentlemens Coaches, he going to give way, the Child being on the other &s;ide, un&s;een by him, hapned to be beat down, and run over by the farther wheel: All which Circum&s;tances being proved by per&s;ons of credit that &s;aw the Action, and declared that they verily believed it was purely an involuntary Accident, and not by any default of the Pri|&s;oner, he was cleared.</P>
<P>Next was a Young man, by Trade an In&s;trument-maker, Tryed for firing of <HI>New-Pri&s;on,</HI> lately burnt down: To which Pri&s;on he had been Committed for a Recu&s;ant, but got out upon Bayl. There was a Witne&s;s which occa&s;ioned the Su&s;picion, that te&s;tified, That the day before the fire, the Pri&s;oner ask'd him if he had a minde to earn 50 <HI>s.</HI> To which he con&s;enting, if in an hone&s;t way, the Pri&s;oner refu&s;ed to tell him for what &s;ervice, unle&s;s he would promi&s;e him ab&s;olutely to do it, and &s;o they parted; but fir&s;t the Pri&s;oner told him, If he would earn it, he &s;hould &s;ee fine &s;port in <HI>New-pri&s;on</HI> before the next day 7 a Clock; before which time the &s;aid Pri&s;on was burnt. There were &s;ome other Witne&s;&s;es, but not direct to the purpo&s;e; and the Pri&s;oner proving, that the &s;ame Night he was out of Town; upon a full di&s;qui&s;ition of the whole matter, he was found not Guilty.</P>
<P>After this was a notable Tryal of two per&s;ons for Coyning; they were by trade Watch-makers, and one of them lately dwelt in the <HI>Old-Bayly;</HI> but together with another of their Gang not yet taken, they had hired Rooms at a Hou&s;e by <HI>Bun-hill-fields,</HI> where they drove their mi&s;chievous Trade. Having paid their Landlady &s;ome of their counterfeit Money, &s;he &s;ent out a Boy with a new-mill'd Half-crown, to buy &s;ome Nutmegs. The Grocer's Apprentice by the lightne&s;s &s;u&s;pected it to be naught, and took advice on it, who concurr'd in the &s;ame opinion; and &s;eeing it &s;o very fre&s;h and newly done, cut it, and found it to be Bra&s;s, but exqui&s;itely plated over, allowing not above three pennyworth of Silver to a piece. Hereupon they took the name of the per&s;on from whom the Boy &s;aid he came, and gave notice: But the Arti&s;ts under&s;tanding there was &s;ome noi&s;e abroad of it, fled with the greate&s;t part of their Tools, before the Hou&s;e came to be &s;earcht. However, notice being given in the Gazette, one was &s;oon after taken in <HI>Bri&s;tol,</HI> and the other in <HI>London.</HI> Their Landlord and Landlady both &s;wore they had &s;een them at work, and &s;everal of their Mill'd-pieces were produced in Court, mo&s;t artificially contrived, having their Mills to do it exactly. They made &s;ome &s;light defence; but upon &s;uch plain Evidence of the Fact, were found Guilty of the Trea&s;on.</P>
<P>A Young man was likewi&s;e Convicted for &s;tealing a Nag out of the Grounds near <HI>Nottingham,</HI> and coming riding up towards <HI>London,</HI> in <HI>Middle&s;ex</HI> his Hor&s;e wanted &s;hoeing; where the Smith ob&s;erving that he came a different Way from the Road which he pretended, and other circum&s;tances, mi&s;tru&s;ted that he had &s;toln the Gelding; and que&s;tioning him, he at fir&s;t endeavoured to make an e&s;cape; but be|ing taken, confe&s;s'd that he took him up near the place afore&s;aid; Whither notice being &s;ent, the Owners Son came now and gave Evi|dence again&s;t him, on which he was found guilty.</P>
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<P> One <HI>French,</HI> Indicted for breaking open an Hou&s;e in the day time, and &s;tealing &s;ome Linn<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n; refu&s;ing to plead, was put in the Pre&s;s, the weight whereof in little time, made him willing to &s;ubmit to his Tryal, being &s;carce able to go or &s;tand when he came out; but on Tryal, though found guilty, he obtained the favour of Tran&s;porta|tion. A poor Popi&s;h Tailor was charged with being a Prie&s;t, but no Evidence coming again&s;t him, he was acquitted. <HI>Clark,</HI> the Boy for firing the Hou&s;e in the <HI>Mi|nories,</HI> after various and contrary Tales, being now again brought to the Bar, was or|dered to &s;tand in the Pillory, with an In&s;cription to this purpo&s;e,&mdash;<HI>I am the Rogue that would have Fired my Mi&s;tre&s;&s;es Hou&s;e and all the City.</HI> The&s;e were of Common Offenders, Nine in all Condemned, whereof two for Trea|&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n, for Coyning of Money, Nine burnt in the Hand, Five to be Tran&s;ported, and Six wh<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">pt. But ordinary Criminals are now &s;carce worth the notice of any but the Hang|man, when we have &s;o many Rogues of Note, and Villanies of Quality&mdash;</P>
<P>On Friday came on Sir <HI>George Wakeman,</HI> Mr. <HI>Corker,</HI> Provincial of the <HI>Benedictine</HI> Monks, Mr. <HI>Rumley,</HI> and Mr. <HI>Mar&s;hal.</HI> They were all Arraigned in one Indictment, <HI>For Con&s;piring the Death of the KING, &amp;c.</HI> The Evidence again&s;t them &s;eem'd to be &s;omewhat plain, That Sir <HI>George</HI> was to have Fifteen Thou&s;and pounds for the Poy&s;oning the KING. Again&s;t the others, there were other things proved: but as to Circum&s;tances, I mu&s;t refer to the Con&s;ciences of tho&s;e concerned, the Pri&s;oners were Acquitted.</P>
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<Q LANG="lat">Fiat Ju&s;titia ruat Mundus.</Q>
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