The narrative of the sessions, February 26. 1678/9. With a particular account of the tryal of the notorious coiners, that received sentence for treason: and all other malefactors condemned, burnt in the hand, or to be whipt, and their respective crimes. Licensed, February 27. 1678/9.
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The narrative of the sessions, February 26. 1678/9. With a particular account of the tryal of the notorious coiners, that received sentence for treason: and all other malefactors condemned, burnt in the hand, or to be whipt, and their respective crimes. Licensed, February 27. 1678/9.
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THE
NARRATIVE
OF
THE
SESSIONS
,
February
26.
1678
/
9.
WITH
A
particular
Account
of
the
TRYAL
of
the
Notorious
COINERS
,
That
received
Sentence
for
TREASON
:
AND
All
other
Malefactors
Condemned
,
Burnt
in
the
Hand
,
or
to
be
Whipt
,
and
their
respective
Crimes
.
LICENSED
,
February
27.
1678
/
9.
LONDON
:
Printed
for
L.
C.
1678
/
9.
The
Narrative
of
the
Proceedings
at
the
Sessions
,
February
26.
1678
/
9.
THis
Sessions
beginning
in
the
Old
Bailey
,
26
February
,
the
first
person
brought
to
Tryal
,
was
an
unhappy
Wench
,
whom
the
Devil
had
seduced
to
endeavour
,
to
cover
the
filthy
sin
of
Fornication
,
with
the
Scarlet
Mantle
of
Murder
,
having
made
away
her
own
new-born
Bastard-Child
,
and
in
a
very
barbarous
manner
cut
the
Throat
of
it
so
violently
,
that
the
Head
was
almost
seperated
from
the
body
,
which
being
found
so
exposed
in
an
Alley
near
Bishops
gate
street
,
and
not
far
from
the
Prisoners
dwelling
,
search
was
made
for
all
persons
lyable
to
be
suspected
;
and
amongst
the
rest
she
charged
,
who
at
first
denyed
that
she
had
had
any
Child
,
at
last
confessed
that
,
but
not
the
whole
truth
:
however
,
on
full
evidence
,
nothing
necessary
here
to
be
related
,
she
was
found
guilty
.
As
were
likewise
a
Man
and
a
Woman
for
a
Burglary
,
who
broke
into
a
poor
Womans
House
in
the
Evening
,
whilst
she
was
gone
to
buy
Candle
,
and
upon
her
return
,
were
taken
in
the
manner
,
having
removed
several
Goods
,
but
carried
none
quite
away
,
though
narrowly
prevented
,
for
the
Man-prisoner
being
by
profession
a
Porter
,
was
busily
preparing
for
their
removal
.
As
for
the
Woman
,
her
Husband
but
the
last
Sessions
received
the
reward
of
his
Merits
at
Tyburn
.
Another
Woman
whipt
but
the
last
Sessions
save
one
,
was
now
Convicted
for
a
Felony
,
stealing
a
parcel
of
Cloths
out
of
an
House
,
but
discovered
before
she
had
quite
secured
the
booty
,
and
forc'd
to
drop
them
in
the
street
,
for
which
she
was
Condemned
.
A
Man
coming
to
drink
at
an
Ale-house
in
Birchin-lane
,
made
such
use
of
his
Art
to
convey
away
a
Silver
Tankerd
,
but
scarce
knowing
what
to
do
with
it
when
he
had
it
,
gets
a
band-box
,
and
putting
the
Tankard
therein
,
goes
to
another
Ale-house
in
Finch-lane
,
where
he
was
wholly
a
stranger
,
and
gives
the
said
Box
to
the
Gentlewoman
of
the
House
,
to
lay
up
for
him
till
he
call'd
for
it
;
who
perceiving
something
in
it
to
rattle
,
and
the
Box
having
neither
Lock
nor
Seal
,
out
of
an
innocent
curiosity
took
up
the
Lid
,
where
seeing
a
Tankard
Inscribed
,
with
the
Name
and
place
of
Dwelling
of
her
Neighbour
,
she
sent
for
him
,
and
sometime
after
the
Prisoner
calling
for
his
Box
,
was
apprehended
,
and
now
burnt
in
the
hand
,
which
he
well
deserved
,
if
we
consider
either
his
wickedness
in
stealing
,
or
his
folly
in
managing
the
Theft
.
The
same
punishment
was
awarded
another
Man
for
the
like
offence
of
stealing
a
Tankard
from
an
House
in
Woodstreet
,
with
whom
was
Indicted
a
Woman
,
but
she
passing
for
his
Wife
,
and
so
the
Law
favourably
supposing
what
she
was
concern'd
in
the
Fact
,
to
be
by
Coertion
of
her
Husband
,
was
acquitted
.
A
young
fellow
coming
to
a
Sempstresses
shop
,
pretended
to
buy
Cravats
,
who
shewed
him
several
,
and
some
Money
he
had
bidden
for
two
,
which
she
refusing
to
except
,
he
resolved
to
have
them
cheaper
,
(
though
like
to
prove
a
dear
bargain
)
for
on
a
sudden
he
betakes
him
to
his
heels
,
but
she
crying
out
after
him
,
he
was
quickly
seized
.
In
this
case
,
because
he
had
the
Goods
delivered
into
his
hand
by
the
Prosecutor
to
look
upon
,
some
scruple
was
raised
,
whether
the
running
away
with
them
afterwards
,
was
Felony
;
so
that
the
Jury
found
the
matter
specially
,
and
't
is
left
to
be
determined
by
the
Judges
.
A
bold
Woman
,
that
had
lately
been
Servant
to
a
Gentleman
of
Quality
,
having
purloined
a
considerable
quantity
of
his
Plate
,
and
being
thereof
fairly
Convicted
,
was
sentenc'd
to
dye
.
In
the
Afternoon
,
on
Wednesday
,
a
Lad
belonging
to
a
Ship
,
called
the
Laurence
and
Mary
,
lying
below
Wapping-dock
,
was
Tryed
for
Killing
one
Tho.
Young
on
board
another
Ship
,
called
the
Advance
,
lying
hard
by
the
former
.
The
Prisoner
was
trying
his
skill
in
shooting
at
the
Cat-head
of
his
own
ship
as
a
Mark
;
but
the
Bullet
glancing
thereon
,
flew
to
the
other
ship
,
and
through
the
boards
of
the
great
Cabbin
,
and
there
unhappily
killed
the
said
Young
,
who
was
casually
come
on
board
to
see
the
Ship
,
hitting
him
in
the
Forehead
,
that
he
presently
died
;
whereupon
they
that
were
with
him
running
out
on
the
Deck
,
and
enquiring
who
fired
that
Piece
,
the
Prisoner
own'd
it
,
and
presently
came
on
board
of
his
own
accord
;
declaring
both
then
,
and
now
at
the
Bar
,
his
hearty
sorrow
for
the
Mischance
:
for
as
he
had
no
malice
,
so
could
he
not
ever
see
the
person
dead
,
or
those
that
were
with
him
,
because
they
were
in
the
Cabbin
as
aforesaid
.
However
,
it
being
adjudged
an
unlawful
Act
in
him
to
shoot
so
negligently
on
the
River
,
where
so
many
Vessels
and
People
are
continually
passing
,
he
was
found
Guilty
of
Manslaughter
,
and
carries
a
Memorandum
in
his
Hand
,
to
make
him
and
others
more
wary
for
the
future
.
The
next
was
a
base
and
horrid
Cause
,
horrid
in
the
pretensions
,
and
a
sin
not
to
be
named
amongst
Christians
;
and
base
in
the
management
,
since
nothing
of
that
kind
could
be
made
appear
.
The
person
accused
was
a
Man
of
good
repute
and
competent
fortune
,
which
't
is
feared
was
the
first
motive
to
the
Prosecution
,
hoping
to
get
a
summ
of
Money
out
of
him
,
rather
than
endure
the
disgrace
even
of
being
charged
or
suspected
of
such
an
odious
Crime
.
The
Girl
that
pretended
the
wrong
done
her
,
being
between
13
and
14
years
of
Age
,
told
her
Story
very
confidently
;
but
by
her
own
shewing
it
appeared
,
that
for
12
Weeks
or
upwards
she
never
spoke
a
word
of
it
,
and
two
Surgeons
and
a
Midwife
that
had
search'd
her
,
utterly
confuted
what
she
alleadged
;
besides
't
was
made
out
,
that
her
Father
would
have
compounded
the
business
,
but
demanded
100
l.
&c.
Upon
all
which
Circumstances
,
and
many
persons
of
Repute
justifying
the
Prisoners
credit
and
conversation
for
many
years
without
Blemish
,
he
was
thereupon
acquitted
by
the
Jury
,
and
with
particular
notice
of
his
Innocence
from
the
Court
discharged
,
and
the
Girls
Father
ordered
to
give
Security
for
his
good
Behaviour
.
A
Fellow
at
Stepney
having
one
Night
made
an
invasion
on
an
Hen-roost
,
and
carried
away
captive
about
18
of
them
,
of
which
some
were
found
at
one
of
his
Neighbours
house
,
where
he
left
them
,
was
for
the
same
found
Guilty
of
petty
Larceny
,
and
ordered
to
be
Whipt
.
As
also
was
another
for
stealing
a
laced
Wastcoat
out
of
a
Ship
,
which
was
sound
upon
his
Back
.
A
Woman
was
Convicted
of
Felony
,
for
robbing
one
in
Hatton-garden
on
the
2d
of
February
.
Having
lately
been
Servant
there
,
she
had
observed
where
they
used
to
lay
the
Key
of
their
outward
Door
,
when
they
went
forth
,
and
so
comes
with
two
of
her
Companions
,
goes
into
the
house
breaks
open
a
Closet
door
and
a
Desk
,
and
takes
away
11
l.
odde
Money
and
a
Sword
,
and
so
lockt
the
Street-door
and
go
their
way
▪
but
left
behinde
them
a
Chezil
,
which
was
proved
to
have
been
borrowed
the
same
Afternoon
by
her
in
Fetter-lane
:
and
that
she
and
two
men
did
go
forth
together
,
assoon
as
she
had
got
that
Tool
,
and
were
also
seen
at
the
House
where
the
Robbery
was
done
.
Two
Rag-women
were
Indicted
for
stealing
two
Gowns
and
several
other
Wearing-cloaths
,
in
the
Strand
.
A
Gentlewomans
door
being
accidentally
left
open
,
there
were
several
strong
presumptions
against
them
,
but
no
positive
proof
,
so
they
were
acquitted
on
Thursday
in
the
forenoon
.
A
person
was
Convicted
for
stealing
two
Livery
Cloaks
,
and
the
seats
out
of
two
Coaches
at
Piccadilly
,
and
being
pursued
,
the
Goods
were
taken
in
the
same
Room
with
him
at
Maribone
.
So
was
another
for
breaking
open
a
Shop
in
Fetter-lane
the
14th
of
February
,
and
stealing
one
Beaver
,
and
several
other
Hats
,
to
the
value
of
Ten
pound
;
some
of
which
were
taken
upon
him
in
Middlesex
,
and
therefore
he
was
tryed
by
that
Jury
.
A
Wench
,
formerly
a
servant
to
a
Washerwoman
in
St.
Margarets
Westminster
,
,
had
four
Indictments
brought
against
her
for
stealing
of
Linnen
,
some
of
which
was
the
Washerwomans
own
,
but
most
of
the
parcels
other
peoples
:
The
Prisoner
acknowledged
she
did
pawn
the
things
,
but
pretended
it
was
done
by
the
Dames
order
;
and
it
did
appear
,
she
had
sent
her
sometimes
with
things
to
the
Pawn-brokers
,
so
that
she
was
cleared
of
three
Indictments
;
but
a
Gentlewomans
shift
that
her
Mistriss
washt
to
,
being
found
on
her
back
,
she
was
on
the
fourth
found
guilty
,
to
the
value
of
ten
pence
,
and
so
to
be
well
whipt
.
As
likewise
were
two
Men
for
stealing
a
couple
of
Pigs
at
Wapping
,
they
appearing
very
sorrowful
for
their
Crime
;
which
as
they
affirmed
it
to
be
the
first
,
so
they
protested
it
should
be
the
last
that
ever
they
would
be
guilty
of
,
in
that
or
the
like
kind
.
A
Woman
Arraigned
for
breaking
an
House
in
the
day
time
,
and
stealing
Goods
,
and
that
she
had
confessed
one
put
them
out
to
her
at
an
hole
;
denying
now
very
confidently
,
that
she
knew
of
,
or
was
any
way
concern'd
in
the
business
;
the
Court
of
a
sudden
asking
her
,
what
the
Womans
Name
was
,
that
so
flung
the
things
out
?
to
which
,
before
she
was
aware
,
she
replyed
,
Mary
,
and
so
in
effect
own'd
her
own
share
in
the
Fact
;
but
the
things
being
of
no
great
value
,
't
is
like
only
to
cost
her
a
whipping
Pilgrimage
.
But
the
most
considerable
Transactions
of
this
day
,
were
the
Tryals
of
two
most
notorious
Coiners
and
Clippers
of
Money
;
who
upon
full
and
plain
Evidence
,
and
their
own
Confession
at
Bar
,
were
found
guilty
of
two
Indictments
of
High-Treason
apiece
;
and
indeed
,
't
is
believed
,
they
have
not
equals
in
that
wicked
Mistery
in
England
.
They
stampt
Groats
,
Nine-pences
,
Six-pences
,
Shillings
,
Half-Crowns
,
and
Five-shilling
pieces
;
no
sort
came
amiss
to
them
;
and
they
had
an
Art
to
make
a
Nine-pence
or
Groat
just
new
made
,
look
as
if
it
had
been
Coined
these
hundred
years
.
Two
Witnesses
swore
directly
against
each
of
them
,
that
they
had
severally
seen
them
at
work
,
both
Coining
and
Clipping
,
and
produced
great
variety
of
the
individual
pieces
,
which
they
had
seen
pass
through
their
skill
and
handling
.
Their
Instruments
likewise
,
mixt
Mettals
,
and
other
Utensils
taken
in
their
respective
Lodgings
were
publickly
shown
.
They
were
both
of
a
Gang
,
and
confessed
they
had
for
some
years
been
concerned
in
such
practises
.
The
Witnesses
had
been
acquainted
with
them
,
and
designing
a
discovery
,
seemed
to
comply
with
them
,
and
furnish
them
with
large
Money
,
which
first
they
would
Clip
,
and
with
those
Clippings
and
baser
Mettals
,
Coin
new
Money
,
and
then
Clip
that
too
to
make
it
pass
with
less
suspition
.
Four
Five-shilling
pieces
they
will
afford
for
twenty
shillings
good
Money
,
and
twenty
shillings
in
Groats
of
their
own
Manufacture
,
for
fifteen
shillings
Sterling
;
and
one
of
them
offered
to
teach
one
of
the
Witnesses
such
his
Trade
for
six
pound
,
and
to
make
and
sell
rare
stamps
for
Coining
,
at
Ten
pound
a
pair
.
The
matter
was
so
evident
,
that
they
had
nothing
to
say
for
themselves
,
and
so
could
not
but
be
both
found
guilty
by
the
Jury
,
of
the
several
Crimes
of
Treason
,
wherewith
they
stood
charged
,
and
were
accordingly
condemn'd
to
be
Drawn
and
Hang'd
.
Two
honest
'
men
of
Fulham
were
charged
for
stealing
a
Mare
,
but
upon
a
long
disquisition
of
the
matter
,
it
not
appeared
that
the
Mare
in
question
,
was
the
same
the
Prosecutor
lost
,
but
rather
on
the
contrary
,
that
one
of
the
Men
at
the
Bar
,
had
this
Mare
given
him
by
a
Worthy
Gentleman
in
Sussex
,
whereupon
,
they
were
acquitted
.
So
likewise
was
a
Woman
of
St.
Martins
in
the
fields
Indicted
for
Murther
,
but
by
the
Witnesses
it
onely
appeared
,
That
as
long
ago
as
last
Easter
Holy-days
,
a
fray
happened
between
her
and
the
party
deceased
,
and
that
they
were
down
together
,
but
the
Prisoner
uppermost
;
that
the
said
party
liv'd
till
since
Christmass
,
and
then
dyed
,
having
been
infirm
,
and
as
was
asserted
,
troubled
with
a
Dropsie
.
Three
persons
were
Convicted
of
Felony
,
for
Robbing
a
Scotch-Merchant
(
or
Pedlar
)
of
above
five
pounds
worth
of
Holland
Callime
,
flaxen
Stockings
,
&c.
in
the
night
Feb.
1.
at
his
Lodging
in
Rochester
,
three
Men
forced
into
his
Chamber
with
drawn
Swords
,
&c.
who
took
away
the
Goods
,
but
understanding
afterwards
,
some
Pedlers
were
seen
carry
a
bundle
,
he
on
enquiry
got
their
Names
,
whom
he
followed
,
and
at
the
House
of
one
of
them
,
found
part
of
his
things
,
and
hard
by
the
Persons
,
and
on
one
of
their
legs
,
a
pair
of
his
Stockings
,
in
anothers
pocket
his
Tobacco-box
,
and
a
third
confessed
the
Robbery
;
whereupon
,
being
Indicted
only
in
Middlesex
,
it
was
but
a
simple
Felony
,
for
which
they
escaped
with
a
Brand
;
whereas
in
Kent
it
would
have
proved
a
Burghlary
,
which
mexcy
the
Court
minded
them
of
,
as
a
grand
Argument
to
warn
them
from
running
into
any
future
Crimes
of
that
kind
,
since
they
are
like
no
more
to
be
indulged
by
any
favour
.
A
complaint
having
been
made
,
that
a
considerable
sum
of
Money
had
been
extorted
by
some
under
Officers
,
from
the
Relations
of
a
person
lately
Executed
,
before
they
could
obtain
his
Body
to
burie
it
,
the
Court
was
pleased
to
inquire
thereinto
,
and
nobly
expressing
their
detestation
of
the
inhumane
practices
of
such
Vulters
,
as
would
make
a
prey
even
of
Mens
Carcasses
,
compelled
one
that
had
received
some
of
the
Money
,
to
refund
it
in
their
presence
,
with
farther
marks
of
displeasure
threatned
to
be
inflicted
.
There
were
in
all
fourteen
burnt
in
the
Hand
,
and
nine
Condemned
to
Die
,
viz.
two
Men
for
Treason
,
one
Woman
for
Murther
,
a
Man
and
a
Woman
for
Burghlary
,
and
four
Women
for
notorious
House-breakings
and
Felonies
,
most
of
them
having
formerly
been
Whipt
,
burnt
in
the
Hand
,
or
received
other
chastisements
,
and
yet
would
take
no
warning
.
FINIS
.