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A63196	The tryal of Spencer Cowper, Esq, John Marson, Ellis Stevens, and William Rogers, gent. upon an indictment for the murther of Mrs. Sarah Stout, a Quaker before Mr. Baron Hatsell, at Hertford assizes, July 18, 1699 : of which they were acquitted : with the opinions of the eminent physicians and chyrurgeons on both sides, concerning drowned bodies, delivered in the tryal and the several letters produced in court.	Cowper, Spencer, 1669-1728, defendant.; Marson, John, defendant.; Stevens, Ellis, defendant.; Rogers, William, Gent, defendant.	1699 (1699)	Wing T2224; ESTC R18301	87,512	48

THE TRYAL OF Spencer Cowper Esq Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and William Rogers Gent. Upon an Indictment for the Murther of Mrs SARAH STOUT a Quaker Before Mr Baron Hatsell at Hertford Assizes Iuly 18. 1699. Of which they were Acquitted With the Opinions of the Eminent Physicians and Chyrurgeons on both sides concerning Drowned Bodies delivered in the Tryal AND The several Letters produced in Court LONDON Printed for Isaac Cleave in Chancery-lane Matt. Wotton in Fleetstreet and Iohn Bullord 1699. I Do appoint Isaac Cleave Matthew Wotton and Iohn Bullord to Print the Tryal of Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and William Rogers And that no other person presume to Print the same Hen. Hatsell The Tryal of Spencer Cowper Esq c. Die Mercurii 16 Iulii 1699. Proclamation was made for all persons concerned to attend Cl. of Arr. YOu good men that are empanell'd to enquire c. answer to your names and save your Fines Then Ellis Stephens William Rogers and Iohn Marson being upon Bail Proclamation was made for them to attend which they accordingly did and Mr Cowper was brought into Court by the Under-Sheriff Cl. of Arr. Spencer Cowper hold up thy hand which he did Iohn Marson hold up thy hand which he did Ellis Stevens hold up thy hand which he did William Rogers hold up thy hand which he did You stand Indicted by the names of Spencer Cowper late of the Parish of St Iohns in the Town of Hertford in the County of Hertford Esq Iohn Marson late of the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid Gent. Ellis Stevens late of the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid Gent. and VVilliam Rogers late of the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid Gent. For that you not having God before your eyes but being moved and seduced by the instigation of the Devil on the thirteenth day of March in the eleventh year of the Reign of his present Majesty by force and arms c. at the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in and upon one Sarah Stout Spinster in the peace of God and our Soveraign Lord the King then and there being violently feloniously voluntarily and of your malice aforethought did make an assault and that you the aforesaid Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers a certain Rope of no value about the neck of the said Sarah then and there feloniously voluntarily and of your malice aforethought did put place fix and bind and the neck and throat of the said Sarah then and there with the hands of you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and William Rogers feloniously voluntarily and of your malice aforethought did hold squeeze and gripe And that you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers with the aforesaid Rope by you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers then as aforesaid about the neck of the aforesaid Sarah Stout put placed fixed bound and by the squeezing and griping of the neck and throat of the said Sarah with the hands of you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and William Rogers as aforesaid the said Sarah Stout then and there by force and arms c. feloniously voluntarily and of your malice aforethought did choak and strangle by reason of which choaking and strangling of her the said Sarah Stout by you the aforesaid Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers with the said Rope about the neck of the said Sarah Stout as aforesaid placed fixed and bound and by the squeezing and griping of the neck and throat of the said Sarah with the hands of you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers as aforesaid the said Sarah then and there instantly dyed And so you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers the said Sarah Stout on the thirteenth day of March in the year aforesaid in the Parish aforesaid in the County aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid feloniously voluntarily and of your malice aforethought did kill and murder and the said Sarah Stout as aforesaid by you the said Spencer Cowper Iohn Marson Ellis Stevens and VVilliam Rogers feloniously voluntarily and out of your malice aforethought choaked and strangled into a certain River there being called the Priory River then secretly and maliciously did put and cast to conceal and hide the said Sarah Stout so murdered against the peace of our Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity c. How sayst thou Spencer Cowper art thou Guilty of the Felony and Murder whereof thou standst Indicted or Not Guilty Mr Cowper Not Guilty Cl. of Arr. Culprit How wilt thou be tried Mr Cowper By God and my Country Cl. of Arr. God send you a good deliverance Then the other three pleaded likewise Not Guilty and put themselves upon their Country in manner aforesaid Then Proclamation was made for Information Cl. of Arr. You the Prisoners at the ●…ar These men that you shall hear call'd and personally appear are to pass between our Soveraign Lord the King and you upon Trial of your several lives and deaths Therefore if you will challenge 'em or any of 'em your time to speak is as they come to the Book to be Sworn before they be Sworn Then the pannel was called over Cl. of Arr. Do you design to ioyn in your Challenges or to Challenge separately Mr Cowper If we should Challenge separately there must be so many separate Tryals and therefore to prevent the trouble of the Court I am willing there should be but one Challenge for all Cl. of Arr. Gentlemen Do you all agree to that Prisoners Yes yes Then after some Challenges as well on the part of the King as of the Prisoners there not being a full Jury of the principal Pannel Mr Cowper IF your Lordship please the Pannel is now gone through I desire they may shew some legal Cause for their Challenges Mr Iones I conceive we that are retain'd for the King are not bound to shew any Cause or the Cause is sufficient if we say they are not Good for the King and that is allow'd to be a good Cause of Challenge for what other Cause can we shew in this Case You are not to shew your Cause you Challenge peremptorily so in this Case the King does Mr Cowper My Lord I stand at the Bar with some disadvantage to encounter a Gentleman that hath no Concernment but however I do take it for Law that there must be a Cause shew'd and that Cause must be a legal one and what that Cause is they must certainly make out I do think it ought to appear that there is some relation or some notorious affection or friendship or something of that sort or otherwise it is not a legal Cause of Challenge and if there seem to be any difficulty in this particular I hope your Lordship will assign me Councel to argue it with the Kings

Councel Mr Baron Hatsell Mr Cowper you are not under such disadvantage as men usually are that stand where you now do You have been educated in the study of the Law and understand it very well I have several times seen how you have manag'd your Clients Causes to their advantage As for this matter of Challenge Mr Iones I think you should shew your Cause of Challenge tho the Law allows the Prisoner the liberty to Challenge 20 peremptorily Mr Iones I don't know in all my practice of this nature that it was ever put upon the King to shew Cause and I believe some of the Kings Councel will say they have not known it done Mr Cowper In my I Ch. Justice Hales's Pleas of the Crown p. 259. it is expressly so and in the Statute of 33 E. 1. 't is said the King shall not Challenge without Cause and that must be legal Cl. of Arr. Call Daniel Clarke Mr Baron Hatsell Mr Iones if you can say any Jury-man hath said any thing concerning this Cause and given his Verdict by way of discourse or shew'd his affection one way or other that would be good Cause of Challenge Mr Iones My Lord then we should keep you here while to morrow morning Mr Baron Hatsell If there hath been any great friendship between any Jury-man and the party it will look ill if he be insisted upon Mr Cowper My Lord I don't insist upon it but I profess I know of no Friendship only that Mr Clarke in Elections hath taken our Interest in Town I know I have a just Cause and I am ready to be tryed before your Lordship and any fair Jury of the County therefore I do not insist upon it Then the Jury sworn was as followeth Jur Evan. Lloyd Esq William Watson Iohn Prior Iohn Harrow George Holgate Iohn Stracey Thomas Parrott Sam. Wallingham Francis Cole Rich. Crouch Iohn Cock Rich. Dickinsor Mr Cowper My Lord I humbly move that I may have Pen Ink and Paper Mr Baron Hatsell Ay by all means Cl. of Arr. Hold up your hand which he did And so of the rest You of the Jury look upon the Prisoners and hearken to their charge They stand Indicted by the names of c. Prout in the Indictment mutatis mutandis Iury. My Lord we desire we may have Pen Ink and Paper Clerk of the Assize There are three of the Jury desire Pen Ink and Paper Mr Baron Hatsell Let as many have it as will Mr Iones May it please your Lordship and you Gentlemen that are sworn I am of Councel for the King in this Cause and it is upon an Indictment by which the Gentlemen at the Bar stand accus'd for one of the foulest and most wicked Crimes almost that any age can remember I believe in your County you never knew a fact of this nature For here is a young Gentlewoman of this County murder'd and strangled in the night time The thing was done in the dark therefore the Evidence cannot be so plain as otherwise might be After she was strangled and murder'd she was carried and thrown into a River to stifle the fact and to make it suppos'd that she had murder'd herself that it was ineded if it prove otherwise a double Murder and a Murder accompanied with all the Circumstances of Wickedness and Villany that I remember in all my Practice or ever read of This Fact as it was committed in the night time so it was carried very secret and it is very well we have had so much light as we have to give so much satisfaction For we have here in a manner two Tryals one to acquit the party that is dead and to satisfie the world and vindicate her reputation that she did not murder herself but was murder'd by other hands For my part I shall never as Councel in the case of Blood aggravate I will not improve or enlarge the Evidence at all it shall be only my business to set the Fact as it is and to give the Evidence and state it as it stands here in my Instructions My Lord for that purpose to lead to the Fact it will be necessary to inform you that upon Monday the 13th of March the first day of the last Assizes here Mr Cowper one of the Gentlemen at the Bar came to this Town and lighted at Mr Barefoot's house and staid there some time I suppose to dry himself the weather beingdirty but sent his Horse to Mrs Stout's the Mother of this Gentlewoman Some time after he came thither himself and din'd there and staid till 4 in the afternoon at 4 when he went away he told them he would come and lodge there that night and Sup. According to his word he came there and had the Supper he desired after Supper Mrs Stout the young Gentlewoman and he sat together till near 11 a clock At 11 a clock there was orders given to warm his Bed openly to warm his Bed in his hearing The Maid of the house Gentlemen upon this went up stairs to warm his Bed expecting the Gentleman would have come up and followed her before she had done but it seems while she was warming of the Bed she heard the door clap together and the nature of that door is such that it makes a great noise at the clapping of it to that any body in the House may be sensible of any ones going out The Maid upon this was concern'd and wonder'd at the meaning of it he promising to lye there that night she came down but there was neither Mr Cowper nor Mrs Stout so that we suppose and for all that we can find and learn they must go out together After their going out the Maid and Mother came into the Room and the young Gentlewoman not returning nor Mr Cowper they sat up all night in the house expecting what time the young Gentlewoman would return The next morning after they had sat up all night the first news of this Lady was that she lay floating and swimming in water by the Mill-Damm Upon that there was several persons call'd for it was a surprize how this should come to pass There she lay floating with her Petticoats and Apron but her Night-rail and Morning-gown were off and one of them not found till some time after and the Maid will give you an account how it came to be found This made a great noise in the Country for it was very extraordinary it hapning that from the time the Maid left Mr Cowper and this young Gentlewoman together she was not seen or heard of till next morning when she was found in this condition with her Eyes broad open floating upon the water When her Body came to be view'd it was very much wonder'd at For in the first place it is contrary to nature that any persons that drown themselves should float upon the water We have sufficient Evidence that it is a thing that never was if persons come alive into the water

rotten before Mr Iones What did you take to be the cause of it Dimsdale Sen. I can't judge of that Call Iohn Dimsdale Junior who was sworn Dimsdale Jun. My Lord the body was opened before I came to see it and they were drawing up an Affidavit that there was no water in the body and they desired me to sign it but I desired first to look into the body and I did look into it and turn'd the Intestines aside and there was no water in it but the head from the neck was very much putrified Mr Iones Do you believe she was drown'd Dimsdale Jun. No I believe not Mr Iones Did you open the Child that was drowned What difference was there between the body of that Child and this Dimsdale Jun. The Child was extreamly swell'd in the Belly and Stomach and had abundance of water in it Mr Iones Was the Child lac'd that you opened Dimsdale Jun. It was laid upon the Table before I came Mr Cowper How long was it before the Child was opened Dimsdale Jun. It was drowned in the afternoon and opened the next morning Mr Cowper You said Sir you was ask'd to sign the Affidavit before you saw the body and you were honest and would see the body first pray who askt you Dimsdale Jun. All of them did Mr Cowper Who in particular if you please name them Dimsdale Jun. Mr Coatsworth Mr Philips Mr Camlin c. they asked me to set my hand to it because they thought I had seen it before Then Dr Dimsdale was sworn Mr Iones Mr Robert Dimsdale was you at the opening of this body Dr Dimsdale I came after it was opened my Brother and I came together Mr Iones What profession are you of a Physician Dr Dimsdale Yes when the body was taken up they desired us to be there to inspect the body but before we came it hapned they had opened the body and were setting their hands to a Paper a sort of Affidavit and when I came in they would have had us set our hands but we would not till we had look'd upon the body and went and laid it open again and we did not find the least drop of water neither in the Thorax nor Abdomen Mr Cowper Is it possible there should be water in the Thorax according to your skill Dr Dimsdale Yes we did think there would have been if she had been drown'd Mr Bar. Hatsell Could you expect to find it so long as six weeks after Dr Dimsdale We should have expected that or a putrifaction but we found no putrifaction neither in the Bowels nor Intestines but only upon her Head and Shoulders and one Arm. Mr Cowper Pray by what passage does the water go into the Thorax Dr Dimsdale 'T will be very difficult for me to describe the manner here but we should have found some in the Stomach and Intestines Mr Cowper Pray Sir how should it go into the Thorax Dr Dimsdale By the Lymphaduct if carried by any means Mr Cowper When the party is dead can any water pass into any part of the body Dr Dimsdale We opened the Abdomen of the Child that was drowned and found in the several cavities abundance of water Mr Iones When a person is dead can they receive any water after Dr Dimsdale No for all the parts are clos'd and contracted Mr Cowper Pray if a dead body be put into the water will not the water come into the Windpipe Dr Dimsdale I question whether it will or no. Mr Iones Was her mouth shut Dr Dimsdale She was putrified about the head and shoulders and one arm that I saw was putrified it was the left arm as I take it Mr Iones What is your opinion as to her death Dr Dimsdale I believe if she had been drowned there would have been a putrifaction of the Abdomen first and it was her extream parts her arm her head and her breast that was putrified but her Bowels seem'd firm and sound Mr Iones Then you don't think her death was by drowning Dimsdale No. Mr Cowper Pray did not you give some Certificate or Paper declaring the death of this Gentlewoman before you saw the body at all Dr Dimsdale No I did not Mr Cowper Sir I would ask you was not you angry that Mr Camlin would not join with you in opinion Dr Dimsdale No. Mr Cowper Pray did not you tell him that you were agraduate Physician and was angry he would not join with you Dr Dimsdale Suppose I did Mr Bar. Hatsell But did you do so or no Dr Dimsdale Yes my Lord we had some words about it Mr Iones Swear Dr Coatsworth which was done Now my Lord we call these Gentlemen that are Doctors of skill to know thèir opinion of them that are found floating without water in them how they come by their death Dr Coatsworth I have not seen many drowned bodies to make observation upon but it is my opinion that every body that is drowned is suffocated by water passing down the Wind pipe into the Lungs upon inspiration and at the same time the water pressing upon the Gullet there will be a necessity of swallowing a great part of it into the Stomach I have been in danger of being drowned my self and I was forced to swallow a great quantity of water If a person was drowned and taken out immediately as soon as the suffocation was effected I should not wonder if there were but little water in the Stomach and Guts but if it lay in the water several hours it must be very strange if the belly should not be full of water but I will not say it is impossible it should be otherwise Mr Cowper I desire to know whether this Gentleman attempted to drown himself or was in danger of being drowning by accident Dr Coatsworth It was by accident I was passing up the Ship side and took hold of a loose Rope instead of the entring Rope which failing me I fell into the water Mr Cowper But you struggled to save yourself from drowning Dr Coatsworth I did so I have seen several persons that have been drowned and they have lain several days until by a fermentation they have been rais d but. I never made my observations of any persons that have been drowned above six hours Mr Iones Did you ever hear of any persons that as soon as they were drowned had swam above water Dr Coatsworth I have not known such a Case Mr Cowper Did you ever know Sir a body that was otherwise killed to float upon the water Dr Coatsworth I never made any Observation of that Mr Bar. Hatsell Dr Brown has a learned discourse in his Vulgar Errors upon this subject conceining the floating of dead bodies I don't understand it my self but he hath a whole Chapter about it Then Dr Nailor was sworn Mr Iones We ask you the same question that Dr Coatsworth was asked what is your opinion of dead bodies if a body be drowned will it have water in

as you Gentlemen of the Long-Robe quote Cook upon Littlet●…n in others but I shall not trouble the Court long I shall only insist upon what Ambrose Parey relates in his Chapter of Remunciations He was chief Surgeon to Francis the First imploy'd by him in most of his Sieges and Battles against the Emperor Charles the Fifth and consequently must observe and could not be ignorant of such like Casualties in such great Bodies of Men. He tells us that the certain sign of a Mans being drown'd is an appearance of Froth about his Nostrils and Month. Now my Lord I think that every one of the King's Evidences observ'd it in the present Case and a Woman swore that she saw her purge at the Nose which could not be as he declares if the Person had been Strangled or otherwise killed before As to the quantity of Water requisire●…ro drown a Person I believe that three Ounces or less is enough to wit as much as will fill the Wind-pipe and so stop the breathing of the Person drowning I am not now to descant upon matter of Fact whether she drown'd her self but my firm Opinion is That she was drown'd for tho' sometimes not always there is Water found in the Bodies of such Persons yet wherever it be besides the Lungs it is ●…upersluons as to this end and accidental upon violent struglings Mr. Cowper I desire Mr. Harriot may be ask'd what Observations he hath made concerning this Matter Mr. Harriot My Lord when I was a Surgeon in the Fleet I made it always my Observation when we threw Men over-board that were kill'd some of them swam and some sunk and I remember particularly when the Sandwich was burnt we saw abundance leap off from on Board and they sunk directly but in a little time I observ'd some swim again Mr. Bar. Hatsell When a dead Body is thrown over-board does it sink or swim Mr. Harriot I always observ'd that it did sink when we were in the Channel and in time of Peace we never threw any over-board but we put some weight to them but it was not to make them sink but for decency sake that they might not be driven to Shore when they began to float Mr. Cowper I desire that Mr. Bartlet may be ask'd to the same purpose Mr. Bartlet I have been in several of the King's Ships of War that have been disabled and fore'd ro lye by in several Ingagements between the French and English and I never saw any Bodies float either of the Men that were killed in our Ship or in the Ships that have been near us I have not seen a Body upon the Surface of the Water Mr. Bar. Hatsell Another Witness said that after an Engagement he saw them swiming Mr. Bartlet I can't tell what he saw my Lord but what I say I am ready to make Oath of Mr. Cowper Dr. Camlin will you please to give my Lord and the Jury an Account whether you were employ'd by the Coroners Inquest to view the Body of Mrs. Stout after she was drowned and the Marks upon it and tell my Lord your Opinion of it Mr. Camlin I was sent for by the Coroner and Jury that sat upon the Body of Mrs. Sarah Stout the Coroner being then at her Mothers House and the Coroner desired Mr. Dimsdale and me to go and take notice of the marks upon her Neck and upon her Breast we view'd all about and perceiv'd a mark under her●…left Ear. we look'd to see if there was any Contusion and we perceiv'd a settlement of Blood upon her Breast and another upon her Arm and when we came back Mr. Dimsdale made the Report I stood by him at that time That it was only a common Settlement Mr. Cowper Pray Mr. Camlin was the Spot above or below the Collar-bone Mr. Camlin Below the Collar-bone Mr. Cowper What did Mr. Iohn Dimsdale say then concerning this Matter Mr. Camlin I understood that he was of Opinion that it was only a common Stagnation of Blood that happens in the Case of drowned People Mr. Bar. Hatsell Did he say so to the Jury Mr Camlin Mr. Dimsdale spake for us both and I understood him that it was a Stagnation that did commonly happen to drowned People and that was my Opinion of it too Mr. Cowper And that you agreed to be your Report Mr. Camlin Yes Mr. Cowper Pray Mr. Camlin was you present when the Child which was drowned in the same place was taken up Mr. Camlin Yes it was taken up some time after near the same place as I was told and there was more and greater signs of the Stagnation of Blood on the Body of this Child than on the Body of Mrs. Stout the Childs Face was black and discolour'd Mr. Bar. Hatsell How old was the Child Mr. Camlin Between 10 and 11 as near as I could guess Mr. Bar. Hatsell Had Mrs. Stout any signs of being strangled when you saw her first Mr. Camlin Nothing at all that I could discern Mr. Cowper My Lord I will give you no more trouble upon this Head I shall go now to the next thing I opened and shall prove substantially that this Gentlewoman is not only more to be suspected to have Murder'd her self than to be Murder'd by any body but 't is almost a certainty that she was the cause of her own Death Mr. Firmin I would begin withal if he be here But he not presently appearing Mr. Cowper Then my Lord if you please I will desire Mr. Bowd in the mean time to give your Lordship an Account of what he knows of the Melancholy of this Gentlewoman Mr. Bowd 'T was much about this time twelve month I had some Business in London and she sent to me to know when I should go to London and I waited upon her before I went and she desired me to do some Business for her and when I return'd I acquainted her with what I had done and Sitting together in the Hall I ask'd her what 's the matter with you Saith I there is something more than ordinary you seem'd to be Melancholy Saith she you are come from London and you have heard something or other Said I I believe you are in Love In Love said she Yes saith I Cupid that little Boy hath struck you home She took me by the Hand truly saith she I must confess it but I did think I should never be Guilty of such a Folly and I answered again I admire that should make you uneasy If the Person be not of that Fortune as you are you may if you love him make him happy and your self easy That can't be saith she the World shall not say I change my Religion for a Husband and sometime after I had been at London having bought some India Goods She came to my Shop and bought some of me for a Gown and afterwards she came to Pay me for it and I asked her how do you like it have you made it up No said she and

the Room and a Bundle seen there but I know not what to make of it As to Mrs Stout there was no sign of any circle about her Neck which as they say must have been if she had been strangled Some spots there were but it is said possibly those might be occasioned by rubbing against some Piles or Stakes in the River Truly Gentlemen these three men by their talking have given great cause of suspition but whether they or Mr Cowper are guilty or no that you are to determin I am sensible I have omitted many things but I am a little a faint and cannot repeat any more of the Evidence Iury. We have taken Minutes my Lord. Mr Baron Hatsell Well then Gentlemen go together and consider your Evidence and I pray God direct you in giving your Verdict Then one was sworn to keep the Jury and in about half an hour the Jury returned Cl. of A●…r Gentlemen are you all agreed in your Verdict Omnes Yes Cl. of Ar. Who shall say for you Omnes Foreman Cl. of A●…r Spencer Cowper Hold up thy hand which he did Look upon the Prisoner how say you Is he guilty of the Felony and Murder whereof he stands Indicted or not guilty Foreman Not guilty In like manner the Jury did give their Verdict that Iohn Marson Ell●… 〈◊〉 and William Rog●… were not guilty The Examination of Iohn Marson taken before me this 7th day of April 1699. This should have been inserted in the beginning of page 23 WHo being examined where he was on Monday the 13th of March last saith that he was at the Burro●…gh of Southwark he being an Attorney of the said Court till past four of the Clock in the afternoon and saith that he set out from Southwark for Hartford soon after and came to Hartford about 8 of the clock the same afternoon and put up his Horse at the sign of an Inn there and then went to the Hand and Glove together with Godfrey Gimbart Esq Ellis Stevens VVilliam Rogers and some others where they staid till about eleven of the clock at night and then this Examinant went thence directly to the house of Iohn Gurrey with the said Stevens and Rogers who lay all together in the said Gurrey's house all that night And being asked what he said concerning the said Mrs Sarah Stout deceased this Examinant saith that on Sunday the 12th of March last this Examinant being in company with one Mr Thomas Marshall and telling him that this Examinant intended the next day for Hartford with the Marshal of the Kings Bench the said Thomas Marshall desired this Examinant and the said Stevens who was then also in company that they would go and see the said Sarah Stout his Sweet-heart He confesseth that he did ask the said Gurrey if he would shew this Examinant where the said Stout lived telling the said Gurrey that his name was Marshal and asked him if he never heard of him before and jocularly said that he would go to see her the next morning but doth not believe that he said any thing that any friend was even with the said Sarah Stout or to such like effect And doth confess that he did the next day upon the said Gurrey's telling him that the said Stout was drown'd say that he would keep his word and would see her And saith that meeting with Mr Cowper who is this Examinants acquaintance he believes he did talk with him concerning the said Stout's being drowned this Examinant having seen her body that Morning Iohn Marson Cogrt Dle Anno ●…ict 〈◊〉 J. Holt. FINIS ADVERTISEMENT THe Tryals and Condemnation of Charn●…ch King and Keys Sir William 〈◊〉 Sir Iohn Fre●…nd Ambrose 〈◊〉 Lowick and ●…nbourne for High Treason Printed for Is. Cl●…ave near Serjeants Inn in Chancery-lane ●… The Characters or the Manners of the Age. By Monsieur de la Bruyere of the French Academy Made English by several hands With the Characters of Theophrastus Translated from the Greek And a prefatory discourse to them by Monsieur de la Bruyere To which is added a Key of his Characters Printed for John ●…ullord and sold by Mr Gilliflower in Westminster Hall Ben. Took next the Temple Gate Christopher Bateman at the Bible ill 〈◊〉 and Richard Parker at the Unicorn on the Royal Exchange Booksellers