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A24619 The Account of several of the most remarkable tryals that were tryed at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey at the sessions holden there for the city of London and county of Middlesex, begun on Friday the tenth of this instant September, and ending on Munday the thirteenth of the same : with 1680 (1680) Wing A222; ESTC R11249 4,992 4

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Flaxen Sheets two Callico Pillowbeers two Table-cloths several Curtains and Valens besides Apparel as Petticoats Scarfs and Hoods as likewise Thread and Gimp all to the value of seven or eight pounds this he effected one Morning before any of the house were stirring carrying them clear off without the least discovery leaving one that he pretended was his Wife in bed the mean while And also several Pick-lock Keys were found that would open all the House-doors Trunks Chests and other fastenings in the house and was so impudent as not long after to send a Messenger for them and some other things he had by over-haste forgot whereupon by the directions of the Messenger he was apprehended and now upon Trial denied the Fact but Mrs. Davis who lost the Goods and several belonging to the house attesting he onely had the Key of the Room and no body else the Jurots gave their Verdict against him as to the Felony Elizabeth Cleverard of the Parish of St. Edmonds Lombard-street was arraigned for High-Treason as Clipper of the current and lawful Coyn of this Realm bringing several clipp'd Halt-crowns newly clipped to a Goldsmith mixed with other large Money to change for Guineys upon which she was apprehended and upon further enquiry found where she Lodged and in her possession was found a pair of small Sheers Clippings and other suchlike things which she said was her Husband 's and that he being a working Silver-smith and that he used them in his employ and there being no proof of her clipping any piece she was acquitted William Hains was brought to the Bar and tried for robbing one Herbert of several pieces to the value of five or six Pounds The Indictment lay for taking them from his person in St. Bartholmew's-lane but in Court he could not possitively swear it so that the Prisoner being known to be a notorious Beggar the Jury thought a whipping might reform him and so brought him in guilty to the value of Ten pence Edward Conway and Mary his Wife were tried for robbing the house of William Bale of Islington in the day-time and putting Anne Davis a little Girl in corporal fear of her Life They being Vagrants came to the House of the aforesaid Bale and desired him to lodge them in his Out-house or Shed that adjoyned to his Dwelling-house which he consented to but they to require him for it watching the opportunity of his Absence got into the House through a hole in the Wall which they alleadge was broke before and then sending the little Girl out for Bread and Cheese having first stilled her from crying by Threats and Promises in the mean space they went up stairs and took away several Hoods Scarfs Dressings and the like a Coat Breeches and Doublet with some Moneys and many other things but being shortly apprehended they were committed to Newgate and the proof upon their Tryals being very plain against them the former was found guilty of the Felony but the latter being his Wife could not be found so and therefore was acquitted Elizabeth Johnson took her Tryal for stealing a Silver-Tankard from Mr. Par in Covent-garden valued at eight Pounds and upwards which she sold to a Goldsmiths Wife for Five Pounds or thereabouts Her taking of it away was thus She coming into the House there being none but a Maid-servant at home to whom she related that meeting her Mistriss and another Woman she ordered her to come and stay there till she came home and withal desired the Maid to fetch her a Tankard of Ale which she refusing she again requested her to give her some small Beer the which whilst she was gone to fetch she opened the Cupboard and took the Tankard thence and e're the Maid returned was gone This being proved against her she was brought in guilty of the Felony Mary Johnson was brought to the Bar and Tryed for Robbing her Master of of Four pound ten shillings the which she said he gave her to debauch her but no such thing appearing in Court she was found guilty of the Felony Mary Call alias White Reed was Tryed for Robbing of Henry Worley of the Parish of St. Giles in the fields of a Petticoat Gown Pinners Dressings Stockings and several other things the which were taken upon her and she upon plain Evidence was brought in guilty On the Eleaventh of this Instant being Saturday between three and four of the Clock in the Afternoon was Elizabeth Cellier brought upon her Trial being taken up the day before by a Bench warrant granted for that purpose by the Justices of the Peace for the County of Middlesex for publishing a scandalous Libel entituled Malice defeated in which was not onely several private men scandalized but also the whole Government and Laws of the Nation Several Witnesses came in against her to prove that she was the Author of it and that she handed the Copy to the Press paying ten shillings a ream for printing of it The Printer swore that he printed several of the Ssheets in which were contain'd the matter and substance of the Indictment which was long importing that she the said Elizabeth Cellier Wife to Peter Cellier of the Parish of St. Clement's Danes had published in her said scandalous Libel that Racks and Tortures were used to make the Catholicks confess a Plot when there was none and that Praunce and one Corrale a Coachman were so served in Newgate farther laying the inhumane Murther of his late Majesty to the charge of the Protestants and that the King's Evidence were Devils and not men with several Reflections upon some Peers of this Realm to all which she pleaded Ignoramus and that she was not the Author of the Book though the day before she had confessed and owned that she did it but as to the proof of that one John Peny swore in Court that he bought two of them of her at her own house in Arundel-street in the Parish aforesaid giving for the same the sum of four shillings and that she owned to him that they were her own that is that she was Author of the Libel upon which after her having mades long Apology for her self the Court gave the Jury their Charge who going out and staying about half an hour brought her in guilty of the Misdemeanour or Trespass and she was ordered into Custody under the jurisdiction of the Keeper of Newgate and all the said Libels that could be found in her house or elsewhere appertaining to her were ordered to be secured She is Fined one Thousand pound to the King to be kept in Prison till that be paid she is to stand Three several times in the Pillory First by the May-pole in the Strand Secondly in Convent-garden Thirdly at Charing-cross her Books being to be Burnt in her view and after to find Sureties for her good Behaviour during Life There received Sentence of Death these persons following viz. George Coles Edward Willis Tho. Sutton Elizabeth Brown Mary Bucknall Tibby Hogg Edward Conaway Mary Johnson Edward Dubber Isabel Gaudin Eliz. Wilkason Charles Crook Burnt in the Hand Thomas Bates and John Wright ordered to be Transported William Haines Elizabeth Johnson Mary Roe alias Cute to be Whiped FINIS LONDON Printed for T. Davies 1680.