he that had ruined the Widow and Fatherless but one Mr. Harrison who was a Gamester and spent and play'd away all her money and so Mr. Row and his Agents made it their business to make him believe so and every one else that was concerned but more particularly her Relations fearing lest they should undertake her just Cause being monied People and persons of great Note and Credit and he did effect his design for from that time till now her Relations would not look upon her nor hear any thing of her because he had so bespattered her concerning me Now was the time I told her that I would use my endeavours and interest with the Dr. who was my very good Friend and for several years had known him for he had been my Physitian and many times when he saw me told me he would come Day or Night to serve me if I had need for him Nay further than that at the time the Duke of Norfolks Regiment was to be raised he told me if I would have a Commission in that Regiment he had that Interest with the Duke that he believed he could do any thing with him but I told him I was engaged to a Person of Quality already Now let the Reader judge whether or no I had any reason to injure the Dr. or much more to Murder him Now was the time also I solicited the Dr. upon the Widows Account who always shewed me Civility and Respect and never an Angry word past betwixt us And also about this time the Dr. imploy'd one Mr. Johnson of Furnivals-Inn to look after the business Says the Dr. Mr. Harrison I do not understand the Law and besides that I have a great deal of business otherwise I cannot trouble my self but I have left it all to Mr. Johnson Upon this I told the Widow what the Dr. had done That he had left it all to one Mr. Johnson whereupon she replied That she was got out of the Frying-pan into the Fire for her Relations knew who he was but I was altogether a Stranger to Mr. Johnson Now pray observe that at that time all our Applications to the Dr. or Mr. Johnson was to let her have a little more money till she had made an end in Chancery and got Row out from his Trusteeship for she intended to undertake some Imploy to maintain her self and Children and that the Dr. should have possession of both the Houses for his Security and we would endeavour to get a Decree in Chancery for that purpose The Dr. and I many times argued the Case and once or twice computed the In-come of the Estate and what might be lent upon it The Dr. was sensible of the Wrongs done the Widow and would have helped her in any thing if Mr. Johnson had not prevented him Now you must understand the Widow could do nothing to help her self as to raising of Mony for these 2 Reasons First Because Row was Trustee and not then turned out nor is yet as you will understand by the Sequel of the Story So now to come back to Mr. Row where I mentioned him as to his absconding himself that the Messenger could not take him whereas by an other Order made the Twenty Sixth day of May 1691. It was ordered one Mr. Royor and Royley Mr. Edwards and Dr. Clinch were to attend Sir John Hoskyns about the Matters in question for you must know that we had the wole Business on the Stage as to all the Persons concerned in putting that Purchase upon her and by what devices and means Mr. Row got in to be Trustee Now this was the time that Dr. Clinch first began to be displeased and so was Mr. Fairbeard his Counsel and Mr. Johnson for bringing his Name in question where so black a Case appeared to the Lords Commissioners on Row's Account saying Have not I lent my Mony and paid it honestly Yes Sir I know it but Row received the most of it and the Widow cannot get an Account of it and it was by our Counsel's Advice that we did it for by the Dr's appearing before the Mr. in Chancery all was made clear how Mr. Row and his Confederates were the Persons that had ruined the Widow and her Children as by the Report does appear which ought to be inserted here But no more of that I hope now her Relations will have pity of her disconsolate condition being the most wronged Widow in the World to whom I have ordered the Papers of the Proceedings of her Cause to be carefully delivered Only thus much of the Report made by Sir John Hoskyns which I shewed my Lord Chief Justice at my Tryal But he told me it would signifie nothing to my Tryal which is thus verbatim And as for Dr. Clinch his matter I find that the said Dr. Clinch was desired by the said Mrs Vauwick and Mr. Row presently after the said Purchase of the said 2 Houses to lend the said Mrs. Vauwick an Hundred Pound to furnish one of the said Houses and there being a Debt of 14 l. that was due to Dr. Clinch from the said Mrs. Vauwick's late Husband Deceased and about 3 l. 17 s. for Interest thereof the said Dr. Clinch did lend the said Mrs. Vauwick Two Guineas more which made it up Twenty Pounds and the said Mrs. Vauwick secured the said Twenty Pounds by her Bond and the said Dr. Clinch at their the said Row and Vauwick's Desire did undertake to lend it upon his being secured the said 100 l. and the said 20 l. in all 120 l. by a Mortgage of one of the said Two Houses to be paid at times in the Deeds for that purpose mentioned the which 100 l. I find was paid and disposed and received thus 41 l. 15 s. to the said Mrs. Vauwick 5 l. to Mr. Fairbeard and his Clerk for Writings 3 l. for the ensuring Mrs. Vauwick's Life and 50 l. 5 s. to the said Mr. Row for the use of Mrs Vauwick Now we having got this Report all our business was done with Dr. Clinch and this Report was Signed 8th of August 1691. by Sir John Hoskyns By this Report it appears who wronged the Widow as you will find also by a Petition here inserted upon which the Widow was to have an Hearing The Petition was thus verbatim To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal of England the Humble Petition of Anna Katherina Vauwick and her 4 small Children sheweth THat your Petitioner has been basely defrauded of all she has by Robert Row a pretended Attorney of the Common Pleas and that your Petitioner being advised by the Lord Chief Justice Holt to petition your Lordships provided he did not come to an Account and pay your Petitioner the Monies he so unjustly detained from her upon pretence of being her Trustee And the said Row failing his Promise to the said Lord Chief Justice your Petitioner petitioned your Lordships accordingly about 4 Months ago and upon hearing what
got in to be Trustee he got her to sign a Deed particularly a Covenant in the Deed was to this or like effect That after the Death of Mrs. Vauricke and her 4 Children the Estate to come to him and his Heirs Upon which I often used to say That he designed to break the Widdows Heart and Starve the Children that the Estate might come to him and his Son Now Row being Trustee and also having a Deed from the Dr. for which he was glad he domineered and ranted about saying That he had Houses in Buckingham Court and kept the poor Woman under that she durst not do any thing neither could she by reason of his being Trustee and also having that Deed from the Dr. But now I knowing the abuses done the poor Woman and that she could never get him to come to any Account she applied her self to me again to right her if I could by any means Upon which I went to Mr. Fairbeard and told him what had past and that Mr. Row was an ill man and that we could never get him to come to any Account as he promised he would do in his hearing at Sir Francis Child's Shop he being then present Mr. Fairbeard said he could not believe it for Mr. Row was a man of Credit and Reputation and as he told him he was an Attorny of the Common-Pleas I made answer that he was no such man but an Impostor and a Cheat whereupon he advised me to go to Mr. Cooke the Prothonotary at the Temple and search whether he was an Attorney of the Common-Pleas or no and if he was not I should take a Summons from my Lord Chief Justice and he would come and justifie he own'd himself to be an Attorney of the Common-Pleas and so by that means have him turned out from being Trustee Now I finding him not to be so I did take out a Summons from my Lord Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas and Mr. Row meeting me according to the Summons desired me to let him alone and he would come to an Account and deliver up his Trust and do any thing else I would have him and this he promised before Mr. Hales of the Temple an Attorny of the Common Pleas but for 3 weeks or a month after we could neither see nor hear of him till one came and informed us that he was to be a Witness in Westminster-Hall and there we had a Summons from my Lord Chief Justice Holt to appear before him which was done And being before my Lord we had a small hearing of the Cause as I may call it for we had there Mr. Lloyd of the Temple our Counsel and my Lord hearing what was alledged against him told him that he was an ill man and said thus to Row You are a fine Fellow to be a Trustee My Lord finding that he was a Trustee made in Chancery advised us to make an end and spoke thus to Mr. Lloyd As you are her Counsel let Mr. Row take another and make an end for the poor Woman will be ruined or to this effect Mr. Row readily answer'd he would and that he would bring Mr. H. any one may judge the meaning of that The time and place being appointed Mr. Lloyd the Widow and my self went there where we met Mr. Row and 2 or 3 Fellows of his Gang but no Mr. H. was there Mr. Row said what should I have Counsel I can do my business my self Mr. Lloyd told him he was not to argue the Case with him but Mr. H. and they two were to make an end if they could agree whereupon Mr. Lloyd was angry with him and went away So that he was then upon the Hide and Seek again putting us every day to great Expences for he did not care to part with his Trusteeship And for us to come to my Lord Chief Justice again would put the Widow to more Charges and that my Lord could do nothing in it because he was a Trustee in Chancery Now what to do we could not tell but we then petitioned the Lords Commissioners and Mr. Serjeant Tremayne our Counsel Upon hearing what was alledged against the said Mr. Row the Lord Commissioner Rawlinson said it was the most barbarous Case he ever heard Pray note That Row was to appear that day but durst not knowing the Villany that he had committed whereupon by an Order of Court a Messenger was ordered to take Mr. Row into Custody the Petition and Orders ought to be inserted here but that my little time I have to live ought to be otherwise employed Now after the Messenger was awarded against him he absconded himself from his Dwelling-house and all other places he then used so that the Messenger of the Chancery Mr. Bush and my self daily hunting after him for near the space of a month but could not take him Pray observe here that this was in April 1691. and also observe that from Christmas before till that time Mr. Row daily and hourly threatned to seise her Goods and take possession and she did leave her House for fear of it for some little time expecting to be relieved by the Lords Commissioners but she left her Children and Maid in possession Now Row by force entred without any manner of Law for he turned the Children out of Doors and sold the Bed from under them and took the rest of the Goods that were in the House Now is the time that Dr. Clinch's Name comes to be mentioned and I beg of you observe I will make it as clear as I can and speak nothing but the Truth to the best of my Knowledg and as I hope to see God in Glory Now when Mr. Row had turned the poor Fatherless Children out of Doors c. Then the Widow applied her self to the Dr. and told him what had past and wondered why he would not keep the Security in his own hands but make it over to Row Said she to the Dr. I dare trust you with all I have in the World I am now using endeavours to get Row turned out of his Trusteeship and bring him to an Account for the money he owes me and the Goods he has wronged me of for he twice robbed the House of the Locks Keys and Bolts under pretence of his being Trustee I hope no body can call it any thing else but Robbery when she owed him nothing but he was in her Debt 50 l. or thereabouts and she could not take the Law of him because he was her Trustee So that the Widow solicited the Dr. several times with a great many Prayers and Supplications to stand her Friend till such time as he was righted in Chancery And now was the time that Row applied himself to the Dr. and insinuated himself so far into the Doctors favour as to make him believe that it was all false and that he was the wronged man and that she owed him a great deal of moneys and withall told him that it was not
Sessions for then they had the Boy But I found there was no occasion for him this Sessions considering the two young Maids this Sessions one concerning the Handkerchief and the other seeing me in the Coach at Brownlowstreet-end as you will hear anon God forgive them and those that put them upon it Now this Sessions coming on I was forced to have Subpena's and the same Charge and Trouble again as I had been at before But now it was too late for Mr. White and his Wife kept out of the way and so that they could not be found nor did appear I know not the Reason but God forgive them I fear there was foul Dealing Mrs. Whiple did not appear and the Maid could not come because the House could not be left alone Now the Day of my Tryal being come they would have put it off again but that my Lord Chief Justice would not suffer it and I pressing for it it was granted me and I must own my Lord had all the Patience imaginable so that I can find no Fault with Judges or Jury I will now mention the most remarkable Passages that I can remember as to the Evidence against me The first was to satisfie the Court the occasion of my being suspected to be one of the Persons that committed the Fact about the Hundred and twenty Pounds lent by the Doctor to the Widow my Acquaintance but what he swore I cannot remember but as I was informed he was the Person that gave the first Suspicion of me to be the Man if so God forgive him for I had not seen him in three Months before the Doctor was murthered The next that swore for I cannot remember every thing but this Passage That I came to his Chamber and laid my Hand upon my Sword and said I would be revenged on the Doctor It is false as I am a dying Man for there was no Discourse of the Doctor but Matters relating to himself for the Doctor was always willing to do any thing for the Widow 's Good but was prevented by him As for the two Witnesses at the Coffee-House that swore that I said That I should say God D him he ought to have his Throat cut And the Woman more particularly swore this that I said What would he have a Woman of your Quality go to Service G.D. him he ought to have his Throat cut Pray observe this Woman comes to Newgate I coming to her said Mrs. Joe I wonder you can sleep in your Bed knowing the Wrongs you have done me she presently answered Lord Captain Harrison all I said was That you said he ought to be hanged but I believe it was in your Passion and I really think you are as Innocent as I am Which was the reason why I asked in Court What she had for swearing that This is true upon my Salvation I am sorry that I have not the Trial and then I could better answer it And I will not tell a Lye now I am going out of the World therefore would only hint at those things I am sure are false and will not name any Person but leave it to God to touch their Hearts in his due Time for it cannot be expected I can remember all that was said in Court I will only mention the particular Sayings and let them remember it after my Death As to the Witness that said I was at his Lodgings at nine a Clock exactly and that I had a Gentleman staying below for me and that I had urgent Business to do that Night and several other Discourses about the poor Woman that Night God forgive him for being positive to an Hour I might have believed it might have been that Time he swore if Circumstances relating to the Gown which he may know by reading the Account of my Defence before mentioned must satisfie him to the contrary though I fear the World cannot understand my Meaning but I write this meerly for himself that he may recollect himself of what he has done when he knows in his Conscience my Business was another thing Now as to that Man in the Compter who swore that the Night before the inhuman Murther was done I was there and being in Discourse with the Widow he hearkned at the Door and heard me say G. D. me I would have the Blood of Hinch or Clinch This or to the like effect was what he swore I never said I would be the Death of Hinch or Clinch in my Life as I must appear at the Judgment Seat of God to answer it As to that poor Woman I pity her whose Evidence was That I was at her House on S. Thomas Day last and had on a Black Shabby Sute I think were her Words Upon my Salvation it is false for I have not had a Black Coat on in three Months Time before the Doctor was murthered as several can Testifie nor never wore any Coat but that I had on when I was brought before my Lord Chief Justice which was the same I had on at my Tryal in three Months Time before the Murther I shall answer her Evidence no more As to the 2 Maids I never heard of them as Evidences against me till I saw them in Court therefore you will think I had a hard Task to go through but God be thanked he supported me then and believe he will continue it to me and also assist me at the Hour of my Death As to the first Maid or Girl about fifteen or sixteen Years old as I take her to be she keeps her Mother's Apple-shop Her Evidence was I told her That I was a Parliament Man and that one Day being out of the Room she saw a Handkerchief there and went to the Maid below and said Can this be a Parliament Man and have such a Handkerchief as this of such a like Piece the Maid had an Apron and they compared them together and they were almost alike Now the Handkerchief that was about the Doctors Neck when he was Murthered was produced in Court and she swore that was the Hankerchief or very like it This was her Evidence To the best of my Knowledg or to the same Effect upon my Salvation it is false for I never in my Life said I was a Parliament Man or ever had I such a Handkerchief in all my Life as that was to the best of my Knowledg As to the other Maid who swore That she saw me by the glimmering of a Lamp in the Coach at the end of Brownlow Street and heard me talk and was with me in Prison and heard my Voice before she came into the Room where I was and said That was the Voice that I heard in the Coach that Night when the Doctor was Murthered And I asked Why she did not declare it before Which my Lord Chief Justice observed but the Gentleman who was Council against me as I take it put into her Head and said it was Scruple of Conscience and that her Mother or
was alledged by Mr. Serjeant Tremaine your Petitioners then Counsel your Lordships thought it a very hard Case and were pleased to order a Messenger to take him into Custody But he absconding himself for the space of a Month your Lordships were pleased to refer the matter to Sir John Hoskyns to examin the same which he hath done But by reason of the many Delays of the said Row your Petitioners having no Support but what Friends has given them out of Charity she having pawned and sold all her Goods and Wearing Apparel for Sustenance for her Children and in bringing the said Row to an Account that your Petitioner and her Children are ready to starve and that for this Month last past they have scarce eat or drunk any thing but Bread and Water Your Petitioner therefore humbly prays in tender Commiseration to your Petitioner and her Childrens Sufferings to appoint a Day for the said Row to Attend and that the Masters report by your Lordships particular Order may then be heard and that your Petitioner and her Children may have such present Relief from the said Row as to your Lordships great Wisdom shall seem meet Amd your Petitioner shall ever Pray Now this Petition for a Hearing before the Lord's Commissioners was delivered to the Clerk of the Petitions about a Week or Ten Days before Michaelmas Term last but not having Mony it was not Signed and within few days after the Widow was Arrested by one Taylor an Upholsterer who is an Acquaintance of Mr. Row's but whether by the contrivance of Row or no I dare not say tho we suspected it he dreading what would become of him when such a barbarous Case should be laid open Now pray observe that the Widow was Arrested about Two Months or thereabouts before the Dr. was murdered and not at his Suit Pray take notice and withal observe the part of the Report inserted here relating to Dr. Clinch and also the Petition and likewise who it is that was in the wrong and who had ruined the Widow whether Dr. Clinch or Row And now to whom any Malice or Revenge ought to be done whether to the Doctor who had honestly paid the Mony or to Row who had not only with his Confederates the Persons formerly mentioned cheated her above an Hundred Pounds in the Purchase and also 2 Quarters Rents as the rest of the Report makes out and also as you find by the Report here 50 l. 5 s. Now she being Arrested and in the Compter Two Months before the Drs. Death and not at his Suit let all the World judge whether or no the Dr. was murdered upon her Account or no. And I do protest in the Presence of Almighty God and as I hope for Salvation I had not spoken to the Dr. in 3 Months time before his Death the last time being at his own House to my best remembrance And Dr. Clinch's own Coachman owned to me That he believed it was about 3 Months And pray let the Reader consider that there was no Advantage could be had and that it would be nothing in the Widows way if it had pleased God that Dr. Clinch had died in his Bed And also observe that the Widow had not Five Shillings at that time nor could not tell where to get one Guinea in the World if it could have procured her Liberty For at that time her Acquaintance were making a Purse for her to bring her Habeas Corpus for the Marshal told me he would take my Word for her Liberty Therefore you must know by this she had no Mony to give me to hire a Ruffian Now it pleased God that Dr. Clinch was most barbarously murdered on the 4th of January betwixt 9 and 11 at Night I need not mention the manner because 't is too well known Now it being such a barbarous black Deed startled all the Town It seems before the next Night it was given out that Mr. Row and my Self knew the 2 Ruffians that committed this Fact but the next Day after it was done being Tuesday it was 2 a Clock before I heard of it which was at Joe's Coffee House going into Salisbury-Court where I was told of the Murther and the manmer of it as they heard it was done I remember very well what I said These were the boldest daring Villains I ever heard of What to Murther a Man in the open Streets and at that time of the Night and carry him through the City in a Coach when all the Watch was set And I do remember that I took Pen and Ink and writ a Letter to the Widow in the Compter which was to this or the like Effect Madam I just now have heard of the blackest inhuman Murther that ever was known but before this I suppose you have heard of it because it is all over the Town if not it 's thus Doctor Clinch was last Night barbarously Murthered in a Coach in Leaden Hall street And so writ as I heard how it was done c. The same Night I was at one Clinch's Coffee-House in Mitre-Court where every one was talking of it for it was a general Discourse The same Night I was to see for a Gentleman there who ow'd me Mony and he came in whilst I was there and told me that he had received a Bill out of the Country and desired me to meet him at the Sugar-Loaf in White Fryers and dine with him the next Day which Words were spoke publickly Upon which I suppose the Constable was directed for the next Day I came there and enquired for the Gentleman and they told me he was at Clinch's Coffee-House and going there I met the Constable who as soon as he saw me said thus or to the like Effect Mr. Harrison I am sorry to meet with you I have my Lord Chief Justice's Warrant against you For what said I. Go to the Sugar-Loaf and I 'll tell you said he yes with all my Heart When we came there several of Dr. Clinch's Friends were there what past is not material So they carried me to the Constable's House in Grays-Inn-Lane where we staid about 2 Hours because my Lord was busie there We discoursed about Mr. Row and the Business on which I have writ before and I told them I had not seen Mr. Row this long time nor the Dr. to my Knowledg for Row and I were perfect Enemies not knowing then he was suspected to be one with me but being brought before my Lord Row was there and he brought Witnesses where he was and Bail with him But now pray observe my failing I being surprized being examin'd wâ—ere I was I told my Lord That I was at such a Place fhrom 7 or 8 or thereabouts till 11 or thereabouts but not having the Persons there to justifie it I was sent to Newgate and Row Bailed Now pray observe that Mr. Row and my self were suspected then to be the 2 persons now I being committed and a scandalous Libel coming out
the next Day made all the World believe I was the Man that committed it I was almost Distracted and I thank God that he did not give me over to Despair but at last I was a little setled in my Mind and began to consider That it was for my Sins my former Sins he suffer'd this Judgment to come upon me and I became calm and considered and did and ever since have blessed be his Holy Name for this his Fatherly Chastisement and he has ever since given me Patience under all my Sufferings and supported me under all my Afflictions till this time and I trust and firmly believe he will not forsake me at the Hour of my Death After a day or two being in Prison I sent for the People of the House where I was and desired them to recollect themselves what time I came there and how long I staid there and sent to those Persons that were in Company to know certainly the time for they were all partly Strangers to me I had an Account given me for I could not recollect every thing my self but you will understand in my Case following And when my Witnesses had given me the satisfaction the Sessions coming on about 10 days after I had all my Witnesses there and Petitioned for my Tryal but was put off because the Coroner had not brought in his Inquest Now pray observe that the Coroner had been with me and took my Examination before that Sessions and promised me he would let me have two days notice of my Tryal but he did not So that I tired my Friends with waiting and my Witnesses being Strangers that Expence was all lost Now knowing my Innocency and believing that the Prosecutors desired nothing more than to find out the Truth I frankly sent them a Copy of my Case and also another to the Coroner the doing of which was my ruin And I told my Lord the same at my Tryal and he made Answer I was to blame in that And thus it was Verbatim An Exact Account of the just Defence I made concerning my Innocency touching the Inhuman Murther of Dr. Clinch on the 4th of this Instant January betwixt 9 and 11 a Clock My first Proof MR. Jones my Landlord and Landlady and the Maid with one Turner a Porter plying at Shooe-Lane end in Fleet-street who carried my Port-Mantle-Trunk at or near 8 a Clock on that Night to my Lodgings at the Golden Ball in Paul's Church-yard and after I had given Orders for a Fire to be light I went from thence and told them I would be at home again betwixt a 11 and 12. My second Proof That betwixt 8 and 9 a Clock the same Night I came from my said Lodgings and went along Fleet-street to the King's Head in Crown Court in Chancery Lane over against Serjeant's Inn where I play'd at Cards from 9 a Clock or thereabouts till 11 a Clock or thereabouts the same Night to prove this the Master of the King's Head his Wife and Maid one Mr. Baker an Ironmonger Mrs. Whiple a Cornet's Wife one Mr. White and his Wife To Confirm the Testimonies of these Persons during the time we play'd at Cards these two Accidents fell out at 10 a Clock or thereabouts a Hubbub arose in the said Court about the Pumping a Woman that had pickt a Gentleman's Pocket The other was about a quarter of an Hour after That one John Allan a Drawer at the King's Head Tavern at the end of Chancery Lane came to the King's Head in Crown Court he being somewhat Impertinent and Sawcy as I thought I rose from my Seat went to the Door and struck at him with my Muff which the Drawer remembers My third Proof That Mr. White came to call his Wife home about half an Hour past ten a Clock and found me at Cards with the said Company My fourth Proof That at my return home from that Place at 11 a Clock or thereabouts to my Lodgingâ—s one Mr. Sutton and one Mr. Russel Gent. of my Acquaintance was in a Coach at the King's Head Tavern door at the end of Chancery Lane drinking a Glass of Sack They told me They were going to the Horse-Shooe Tavern in Drury Lane and desired me to go along with them and I did go into the Coach to them But I considering that it was too late presently came out of the Coach again and so walk'd all along Fleet street home to my Lodgings in Paul's Church-yard and was at home at half an Hour past 11 a Clock or thereabouts Pray observe that I came from Mr. Humpstead's Lodgings before the Port-Mantle-Trunk was carried to my Lodgings which he swore at 9 a Clock when it was before 8 I was with him which has given all the Suspicion Now let any one judge whether it looks like as if I were guilty to give my Adversaries an Account of my Witnesses and what they could testifie for me But my Design in this was That when they had found what I said to be true I was in hopes they would have suffer'd me to Bail But instead of that it turned to my ruin for Dr. Clinch's Coach man went to them and abused them all and every Body else that took my part but however the second Sessions coming on all my friends and Witnesses attended two Days in hopes of my Tryal my Witnesses being in the same House where theirs was and they seeing me so well provided my Tryal was put off till the third Sessions upon pretence that they had discovered something more Now I being in Prison and without Mony and had given them all this trouble and waiting two Sessions all the time of the Sessions they were very uneasie besides being abused by Dr. Clinch's Coachman they would not trouble themselves any more But this I had forgot that most of them denied coming because they said they should be abused and vilified because the Murther was so black that was laid to my Charge Whereupon I was forced to Petition the Lord Chief Justice for Subpoenas which was granted me which was both a great Charge and Trouble I being confined that I could not look after it my self tho' I was promised I should either be Tryed or Balled but instead of that I was more strictly confined Now From the last Sessions till this my Enemies were at work how to bring their Designs about the first thing I heard was That there was a Boy made away and as it was reported by my Contrivance and then he was put in the Gazette but not being found out at my Tryal his Examination was produced as an Evidence which was allowed of as good according to Law and I believe it might be so because my Lord Chief Justice said it was Law Now I do protest I never heard of any Boy an Evidence against me till it was told me in the Press-yard That a Boy was made away that was an Evidence against me whereupon I answered Why did they not try me last