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             A true narrative of the proceedings at the Sessions-house in the Old-Bayly at a sessions there held; which began on Wednesday the 13th of this instant Decemb. and ended on Saturday the 16th, 1676. Setting forth the several facts and tryals of several malefactors. With the tryal of the maid that set her master's barns on fire at Harrow on the Hill, at Michaelmas last. With an account how many are condemned, burn'd in the hand, to be whipt, and transported. With allowance. Roger L'Estrange.
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           A
           true
           NARRATIVE
           Of
           the
           Proceedings
           at
           the
           Sessions-house
           IN
           THE
           OLD-BAYLY
           ,
           At
           a
           Sessions
           there
           held
           ;
           Which
           began
           on
           
             Wednesday
          
           the
           
             13th
          
           of
           this
           Instant
           
             Decemb.
          
           and
           ended
           on
           
             Saturday
          
           the
           16th
           ,
           1676.
           
        
         
           Setting
           forth
           the
           several
           Facts
           and
           Tryals
           of
           several
           Malefactors
           .
        
         
           With
           the
           Tryal
           of
           the
           Maid
           that
           set
           her
           Master's
           Barns
           on
           fire
           at
           
             Harrow
             on
             the
             Hill
             ,
          
           at
           
             Michaelmas
          
           last
           .
        
         
           With
           an
           Account
           how
           many
           are
           Condemned
           ,
           Burn'd
           in
           the
           Hand
           ,
           to
           be
           Whipt
           ,
           and
           Transported
           .
        
         
           With
           Allowance
           .
           
             Roger
             L'Estrange
             .
          
        
         
           
             LONDON
             :
          
           Printed
           for
           
             D.
             M.
          
           1676.
           
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
         
           A
           Narrative
           of
           the
           Proceedings
           at
           the
           Sessions
           begun
           
             the
             13th
             of
             December
             1676
             ,
          
           at
           the
           Oly
           Bayly
           .
        
         
           THe
           first
           person
           tried
           ,
           was
           for
           making
           away
           her
           Bastard-childe
           ;
           but
           upon
           hearing
           the
           Evidence
           ,
           and
           examination
           both
           of
           the
           Midwife
           and
           Coroner
           ,
           it
           appeared
           to
           be
           onely
           a
           Miscarriage
           ;
           and
           by
           several
           circumstances
           there
           was
           reason
           to
           judge
           that
           she
           had
           not
           gone
           above
           sixteen
           weeks
           ,
           and
           had
           never
           been
           quick
           ,
           the
           abortive
           Infant
           being
           not
           above
           eight
           inches
           long
           ,
           and
           no
           symptoms
           of
           Wounds
           or
           Bruises
           being
           to
           be
           seen
           on
           the
           body
           to
           argue
           any
           violence
           used
           to
           it
           ,
           the
           Jury
           thereupon
           thought
           fit
           to
           bring
           her
           in
           not
           guilty
           .
        
         
           A
           young
           man
           was
           arraigned
           for
           Murther
           ,
           killing
           an
           old
           man
           in
           St.
           
           James's
           Park
           :
           Two
           fellows
           being
           running
           together
           in
           the
           evening
           the
           poor
           ancient
           man
           unlukily
           happen'd
           to
           be
           in
           their
           way
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           them
           tumbled
           him
           down
           and
           bruised
           him
           ,
           of
           which
           bruise
           the
           next
           day
           he
           died
           ;
           but
           the
           Evidence
           testifying
           that
           it
           was
           done
           meerly
           by
           accident
           ,
           without
           any
           grudge
           or
           quarrel
           precedent
           ,
           and
           
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           as
           food
           as
           he
           perceived
           he
           had
           done
           an
           injury
           ,
           went
           immediately
           and
           call'd
           a
           Chair
           to
           carry
           him
           home
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           There
           was
           no
           reason
           for
           finding
           the
           Indictment
           ,
           so
           that
           he
           was
           discharged
           .
        
         
           A
           Servant
           maid
           was
           found
           guilty
           of
           stealing
           a
           silver
           Tankard
           of
           the
           value
           of
           Five
           pounds
           :
           She
           living
           at
           a
           publick
           house
           in
           the
           
             Old
             Jury
             ,
          
           took
           an
           opportunity
           to
           take
           it
           away
           ;
           and
           having
           knock'd
           off
           the
           Lid
           ,
           brought
           it
           to
           a
           Goldsmith
           to
           sell
           ,
           who
           perceiving
           the
           Cover
           lately
           broke
           off
           ,
           would
           not
           buy
           it
           ,
           unless
           she
           would
           shew
           it
           him
           ;
           which
           after
           much
           importunity
           she
           did
           ,
           and
           upon
           that
           was
           engraven
           the
           name
           of
           the
           Owner
           ,
           whose
           wife
           she
           then
           pretended
           to
           be
           ,
           and
           had
           the
           Goldsmith
           to
           a
           Confederates
           house
           ,
           who
           seemed
           to
           say
           as
           much
           :
           but
           at
           last
           being
           trapp'd
           in
           their
           words
           by
           him
           ,
           she
           confess'd
           the
           Felony
           to
           him
           ,
           and
           afterwards
           on
           her
           examination
           before
           the
           Justice
           ,
           and
           acknowledg'd
           in
           effect
           as
           much
           now
           at
           the
           bar
           ,
           onely
           said
           that
           the
           Tankard
           was
           delivered
           her
           to
           sell
           by
           a
           fellow
           servant
           ;
           but
           there
           being
           neither
           proof
           nor
           probability
           of
           any
           such
           things
           ,
           she
           was
           convicted
           .
        
         
           A
           woman
           was
           indicted
           for
           burning
           her
           Master's
           Barns
           at
           
             Harrow
             on
             the
             Hill
             ,
          
           in
           which
           a
           considerable
           parcel
           of
           Wheat
           and
           other
           Corn
           was
           consumed
           on
           
             Michaelmas
          
           day
           last
           .
           Her
           Master
           and
           his
           wife
           gave
           evidence
           ,
           but
           nothing
           of
           their
           own
           knowledge
           ,
           onely
           that
           she
           had
           confess'd
           the
           Fact
           ,
           that
           in
           their
           absence
           in
           the
           evening
           she
           took
           a
           Fire-brand
           ,
           and
           carrying
           it
           out
           of
           the
           house
           put
           it
           in
           at
           a
           hole
           in
           the
           Barn
           amongst
           a
           Mow
           of
           unthrash'd
           Oats
           ,
           whereby
           that
           Barn
           ,
           and
           another
           adjoyning
           were
           burn'd
           down
           ,
           
           and
           the
           Dwelling
           house
           with
           much
           difficulty
           preserved
           .
           And
           this
           likewise
           appeared
           on
           reading
           her
           Examination
           ;
           for
           which
           mischievous
           act
           she
           could
           alleadge
           no
           other
           provocation
           but
           that
           her
           Master
           would
           not
           lend
           her
           money
           to
           go
           to
           a
           Wedding
           .
           However
           the
           Justice
           that
           committed
           her
           ,
           assuring
           the
           Court
           from
           his
           personal
           knowledge
           ,
           that
           the
           Prisoners
           Father
           was
           a
           very
           m●lanch●ly
           and
           dist●mper'd
           man
           ,
           and
           that
           she
           her self
           had
           a
           defect
           in
           her
           understanding
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           at
           least
           not
           the
           use
           of
           common
           Reason
           or
           Sense
           ,
           and
           the
           Evidence
           against
           her
           in
           effect
           acknowledging
           as
           much
           ,
           which
           was
           confirmed
           by
           her
           present
           stupid
           carriage
           at
           the
           B●r.
           The
           Jury
           looking
           upon
           her
           as
           
             Non
             Compos
             Mentis
          
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Fact
           committed
           ,
           could
           not
           finde
           her
           guilty
           in
           the
           eye
           of
           the
           Law
           ,
           of
           the
           Crime
           for
           which
           she
           stood
           indicted
           .
        
         
           Two
           Legerdemain
           Ladies
           of
           profound
           experience
           in
           the
           mysteries
           of
           Shop
           lifting
           ;
           one
           of
           them
           having
           been
           whipt
           at
           the
           Carts
           tail
           but
           the
           very
           last
           Sessions
           ,
           were
           convicted
           for
           stealing
           two
           pieces
           of
           Callicoe
           ,
           under
           pretence
           of
           buying
           ●o●kerum
           .
           The
           Goods
           were
           taken
           before
           they
           got
           out
           of
           sight
           in
           one
           of
           their
           aprons
           ,
           who
           alleadged
           a
           very
           civil
           excuse
           ,
           assuring
           the
           Court
           that
           she
           was
           drunk
           with
           Brandy
           ,
           and
           knew
           not
           what
           she
           did
           ;
           but
           that
           Plea
           was
           over-rul'd
           ,
           and
           both
           of
           them
           found
           guilty
           .
        
         
           A
           French
           Gentleman
           ,
           came
           in
           voluntarily
           to
           take
           a
           tryal
           for
           killing
           a
           Marshal's
           man's
           follower
           ,
           in
           
             April
          
           last
           was
           two
           years
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           St.
           
             Martins-lane
             .
          
           The
           Marshals
           man
           himself
           was
           gone
           
           another
           way
           ,
           and
           the
           party
           kill'd
           ,
           and
           three
           or
           four
           more
           seiz'd
           the
           Prisoner
           (
           as
           they
           subpose
           it
           was
           )
           but
           without
           having
           any
           Warrant
           at
           that
           instant
           with
           them
           ;
           and
           besides
           ,
           the
           Warrant
           their
           Master
           had
           was
           wrong
           in
           the
           Christian
           name
           .
           Upon
           their
           taking
           the
           party
           ,
           divers
           of
           his
           Companions
           drew
           their
           Swords
           ,
           and
           one
           of
           the
           Bayliffs
           lost
           his
           life
           in
           the
           fray
           ;
           but
           the
           Evidence
           could
           not
           say
           who
           kill'd
           him
           ,
           nor
           positively
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           at
           Bar
           was
           the
           person
           they
           had
           arrested
           :
           so
           that
           he
           was
           acquitted
           both
           of
           Murther
           and
           Manslaughter
           .
        
         
           The
           next
           was
           a
           tedious
           tryal
           of
           a
           young
           fellow
           for
           breaking
           open
           the
           house
           of
           a
           worthy
           Gentleman
           his
           late
           Master
           ,
           and
           stealing
           thence
           a
           Spanish
           Gun
           ,
           and
           other
           Goods
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           Fourty
           pound
           .
           There
           appeared
           several
           violent
           presumptions
           of
           Guilt
           ,
           and
           a
           person
           where
           the
           Gun
           was
           found
           had
           sworn
           directly
           before
           the
           Justice
           ,
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           the
           man
           that
           sold
           it
           ;
           and
           another
           ,
           that
           he
           verily
           believ'd
           him
           to
           be
           the
           man
           ;
           but
           now
           neither
           of
           them
           would
           say
           further
           ,
           than
           that
           he
           was
           somewhat
           like
           him
           .
           The
           Prisoner
           had
           a
           great
           number
           to
           speak
           in
           his
           behalf
           ,
           but
           few
           couln
           say
           any
           thing
           to
           the
           purpose
           ;
           and
           the
           Court
           declared
           themselves
           sensible
           of
           much
           practice
           us'd
           on
           the
           Prisoner's
           behalf
           ,
           to
           conceal
           the
           truth
           ,
           yet
           on
           a
           full
           hearing
           ,
           for
           want
           of
           direct
           Evidence
           ,
           the
           Jury
           brought
           him
           in
           not
           guilty
           .
        
         
           A
           Flemming
           born
           in
           the
           City
           of
           
             Antwerp
             ,
          
           was
           indicted
           on
           the
           Statute
           for
           exercising
           the
           Trade
           of
           a
           Gold-beater
           here
           ,
           not
           having
           served
           seven
           years
           an
           Apprentice
           ;
           but
           it
           being
           prov'd
           by
           several
           witnesses
           
           that
           he
           serv'd
           the
           said
           term
           to
           his
           Father
           of
           the
           same
           Trade
           in
           the
           said
           City
           of
           
             Antwerp
             ,
          
           and
           that
           he
           was
           an
           excellent
           Artist
           .
           The
           Court
           considering
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           said
           Statute
           ,
           which
           is
           onely
           to
           prevent
           unskilful
           and
           insufficient
           Workmen
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Art
           it self
           prohibi●s
           onely
           
             Those
             that
             have
             been
             Apprentices
             ,
             or
             not
             serv'd
             as
             Apprentices
             :
          
           And
           though
           he
           were
           not
           Apprentice
           in
           
             England
             ,
          
           yet
           he
           had
           serv'd
           
             as
             an
             Apprentice
          
           abroad
           ;
           which
           they
           concluded
           to
           be
           within
           the
           intent
           of
           the
           Statute
           :
           For
           otherwise
           it
           would
           be
           too
           great
           a
           discouragement
           to
           Foreigners
           to
           instruct
           us
           in
           the
           usual
           Inventions
           ;
           and
           therefore
           the
           Jury
           found
           him
           not
           guilty
           .
        
         
           An
           old
           Offender
           was
           convicted
           for
           stealing
           a
           bay
           Gelding
           of
           Six
           pound
           price
           ,
           a
           quarter
           of
           grownd
           Mault
           and
           two
           Sacks
           :
           the
           Horse
           was
           taken
           out
           of
           the
           stable
           on
           the
           28th
           of
           
             Nov.
          
           and
           the
           two
           sacks
           of
           Mault
           with
           it
           .
           The
           very
           next
           day
           the
           Owner
           coming
           to
           
             London
          
           met
           the
           Prisoner
           driving
           his
           Horse
           along
           
             St.
          
           Gileses's
           ,
           with
           one
           of
           the
           Sacks
           empty
           on
           his
           arm
           ,
           and
           there
           seiz'd
           him
           ,
           who
           now
           pretended
           that
           the
           Sack
           was
           given
           him
           by
           two
           strangers
           ,
           he
           knew
           not
           who
           ,
           for
           his
           pains
           to
           drive
           the
           Horse
           along
           Tyburn
           road
           ,
           but
           he
           knew
           not
           whether
           ;
           and
           therefore
           seeming
           onely
           a
           forged
           excuse
           ,
           without
           any
           proof
           to
           confirm
           it
           ,
           he
           was
           found
           guilty
           ,
           it
           being
           avert'd
           in
           Court
           that
           he
           had
           three
           times
           already
           been
           burnt
           in
           the
           hand
           and
           convicted
           .
        
         
           Two
           persons
           ,
           one
           by
           his
           own
           Confession
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           by
           Verdidict
           ,
           were
           Convicted
           for
           stealing
           a
           silver
           Tankard
           in
           the
           
             Woolstaple
             Westminster
             ,
          
           from
           a
           publique
           house
           ,
           whence
           at
           once
           they
           stole
           away
           themselves
           ,
           the
           Plate
           and
           the
           Reckoning
           ,
           but
           were
           discovered
           by
           a
           Female
           Crony
           ,
           upon
           a
           disgust
           ,
           that
           she
           was
           not
           allowed
           Snips
           in
           the
           prize
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
        
         
         
           A
           Woman
           as
           principal
           ,
           and
           a
           Man
           as
           accessary
           ,
           were
           Conviicted
           for
           stealing
           Plate
           ,
           and
           other
           rich
           goods
           ,
           to
           the
           value
           of
           200
           pound
           from
           a
           Frenchman
           at
           
             Westminster
             ;
          
           whose
           servant
           the
           woman
           being
           ,
           to●k
           the
           opportun●●y
           of
           his
           absence
           ,
           and
           ransackt
           several
           of
           his
           Rooms
           ,
           and
           stole
           the
           said
           goods
           ,
           After
           which
           the
           said
           other
           prisoner
           took
           her
           a
           Lodging
           ,
           disposed
           of
           a
           Watch
           ,
           and
           some
           of
           the
           Plate
           ;
           for
           which
           both
           were
           found
           Guilty
           .
        
         
           A
           Lighterman
           and
           his
           wife
           were
           Arraigned
           ,
           for
           stealing
           of
           about
           40
           pieces
           of
           Serge
           ,
           out
           of
           a
           Lighter
           on
           the
           Thomes
           ;
           The
           Prosecuter
           produced
           several
           witnesses
           ,
           and
           one
           very
           roundly
           swore
           ,
           that
           she
           saw
           two
           of
           the
           pieces
           of
           Serge
           in
           the
           Prisoners
           house
           in
           the
           Cradle
           ,
           and
           that
           his
           wife
           seemed
           much
           afraid
           of
           a
           search
           ;
           and
           threatned
           to
           fling
           them
           into
           the
           house
           or
           office
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           But
           upon
           a
           full
           examination
           ,
           it
           appearing
           that
           there
           had
           been
           several
           suits
           and
           brangles
           between
           the
           parties
           ,
           that
           the
           Prisoner
           was
           sick
           at
           the
           time
           of
           the
           Robbery
           ,
           that
           it
           was
           two
           years
           ago
           ,
           and
           no
           prosecution
           all
           this
           while
           ,
           that
           the
           husband
           prisoner
           was
           a
           person
           of
           good
           Fame
           ,
           
             &c.
             
          
           They
           were
           both
           acquitted
           by
           the
           Jury
           .
        
         
           There
           was
           great
           exbectation
           of
           the
           Tryal
           of
           one
           
             Lodowick
             Muggleton
             ,
          
           for
           spreading
           detestable
           opinions
           ,
           and
           publishing
           several
           impious
           Books
           ;
           But
           the
           same
           was
           put
           off
           ,
           till
           witnesses
           might
           be
           ready
           for
           a
           full
           discovery
           of
           his
           Villanies
           ,
           and
           therefore
           the
           reader
           is
           to
           take
           notice
           ,
           that
           any
           Pamphlets
           published
           concerning
           his
           Tryal
           ,
           are
           faigned
           stories
           .
        
         
           There
           were
           t●nn
           burnt
           in
           the
           hand
           ,
           seven
           allowed
           Transportation
           ,
           ten
           to
           be
           whipt
           ,
           and
           one
           to
           stand
           in
           the
           Pillory
           .
        
         
           FINIS
           .
        
      
    
     
  

