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A55957	The proceedings of the home-circuit on the King's commission of the Crown side, at the several assizes, (viz.) Hartford, Brentwood, Croydon, East-Grensted, and Rochester. Being a goal delivery held for the several counties, &c. And in the fourth year of his Majesties reign. With allowance.		1688 (1688)	Wing P3588; ESTC R220543	13,464	12

would be convenient to go into the Field and accordingly they immediately went and Fought several followed them and stood near not daring to part them and after some time the Prisoner's Sword was broke but he had first given the Deceased his Deaths Wound Upon the Evidence he was found guilty of Manslaughter Peter Heasey was Indicted of Felony for stealing Goods to the value of 10 l. 10 s. on the 8th of March in the 2 d. year of this King from Mr. Francis Stone The Prisoner upon his Examination confessed some of the Goods to be by him taken before the Justice of Peace and Mr. Stone went to the Broker where the Goods were Pawn'd or Sold and there found them but all the Goods being not found upon him he was found guilty to the value of 10 d. only Lawrence Crockford William Price John Morey Nathaniel Lee William Probert and Thomas Emerson were Indicted of Felony and Burglary committed in the House of one Judith Parrat the 15th of June last and stealing Goods to the value of 20 l. or thereabout The Proof was very short for all that appear'd against them was that Morey's Wife brought several of the Goods to the House of one Drinkwater and Crockford confessed some of the Prisoners brought some of the Goods to his House But no Evidence being given of Breaking the House and what Morey said being no Evidence against the rest they were all Acquitted none of the Goods being found upon them Matthew Eldridge Indicted of Felony for stealing 3 l. in Money from Ruth Dines the 26th of May last the Money lost was the new Mill'd Coin and such Money was found upon the Prisoner by Dines her Father which he thought to be his Daughters But no particular mark being upon it he could not Swear positively it was his Daughters so the Prisoner was Acquitted The same Matthew Eldridge was Indicted of Burglary for Breaking the House of Timothy Wilson in the Night and Stealing thence Goods to the value of 2 l. 8 s. and 11 l. in Money the Money was most in Crown pieces some of which were found about him the Prisoner confessed to the Prosecutor that he had those pieces out of his House that he came in at the Window having first broken a Wooden Bar in the middle of the Window He was found Guilty of Felony and Burglary Daniel Wogan and Philip Mackquire were Indicted for a Robbery committed upon Mary Shaw the 20th of April last past and taking from her one Gold Ring value 10 s. 1 l. 12 s. in Money Shaw Swore she was Robb'd but knew not the Persons The Ring was offer'd to be pawn'd to one Nathaniel Skinner for 2 s. 6 d. and was accordingly left with him by Wogan The Person that was Robb'd told the Posey of the Ring before she saw it Wogan proved by one Woman that the same Ring was offer'd the day before he Pawn'd it to her to be Pawn'd by another Man and she being a Woman of some Credit the Jury believed her and the Prisoners were found not Guilty James Hopeway was Indicted for Killing one Richard Sealy with his Drawn Sword the 28th of May last the manner was thus Faldow a Soldier and the Prisoner Lodged in the House of one Price and it seems the Prisoner took away a Candle that Faldow had and being asked why he took it he in great heat threw down the Candle and told Faldow that he would Stob him and presently went up two or three Steps into his Chamber and fetch'd down his Sword and run the said Richard Sealy being in the yard twice into the Body whereof he Died 't was believed the Prisoner took Sealy for Faldow for it appear'd Sealy was never in the House and had never seen the Prisoner He made but a small Defence and was therefore found guilty of Murther John Wo●ral was Indicted for Feloniously stealing the Goods of one Thomas Gardiner of the value of 10 l. 10 s. the 31st of May last He pleaded not Guilty but upon his Examination he had confessed the Fact before the Justice of Peace that he stole some of the Goods and likewise confessed the same to the Constable who took him and was found guilty to the value of 10 d. John Bibby and Edward Haines were Indicted for a Robbery upon Thomas Jenkes at Clapham the 31st of May last and taking from him a silver Box and other Goods Jenkes he was Robb'd and did believe the Prisoners to be the Persons but would not swear positively to the Faces The silver Box was found near the Place where the Prisoners were taken which was not far from the place where the Robbery was committed with Strings in their Pockets But the Evidence consisting only in Circumstances they were Acquitted Jane Feild and Joseph Feild were Indicted for Feloniously stealing on the 7th of June Goods and Money to the value of 5 l. 18 s. 6 d. from one Butler Noads The Prisoner as it did appear by the Evidence was taken into Noads's House for a Wet Nurse and she absenting her self from the House the Prosecutor Noads missed his Money and presently pursued the Prisoner and took her but found no Goods or Money about her but being no body else had been in the House she was greatly mistrusted yet for want of Evidence she was Acquitted James Ball Indicted of Felony for stealing one Weather Sheep value 19 s. from Thomas Curd the 29th of May last the Sheep was first taken in Middlesex and conveyed over the Water into Surrey One Rauson a Witness for the King followed the Sheep upon Enquiry over the Water to the Falcon and found it where the Prisoner was supposed to have tyed it but the party that could prove the bringing of the Sheep thither by the Prisoner did not appear in Court to give Evidence and so he was found not Guilty Jacob Suttibey was Indicted of Burglary for Breaking the House of Thomas Roffey in the Night and stealing thence 40 s. in Money Suttibey the day before this Burglary was committed was delivered out of the Marshalsea where he had lain some time Roffey proved his House Broke open that Night and 2 l. to be stolen from him his Man found an old Knife behind the Counter and then going down into the Cellar he found the Cellar door open other Witnesses proved the Knife to be the Prisoners and that they had seen him cutting his Victuals with it the day before the House was Broken Another Witness likewise proved him to be in an Alley near Suttibey's House about Twelve a Clock that Night But because it might possibly happen that Suttibey might have lost his Knife and another have found it which might commit the Burglary the Prisoner was Acquitted Elizabeth Waterman was Indicted for the Murther of Mary Waterman her Daughter upon the 9th of May last It appeared that the Prisoner lay with her Daughter and had been sometimes of unsound Memory and all in the House had endeavoured to hide

THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE Home-Circuit ON THE King's Commission On the Crown side at the several ASSIZES Viz. Hartford Brentwood Croydon East-Grensted and Rochester Being a Goal Delivery held for the several Counties c. And in the Fourth year of his Majesties Reign With Allowance LONDON Printed and Sold by George Croom at the Blue-Ball in Thames-street near Baynard's Castle 1688. THE PROCEEDINGS AT HARTFORD IN Hartford-shire On Monday and Tuesday being the 23d and 24th days of July 1688. AT the Assizes Held at Hertford on Monday and Tuesday being the 23d and 24th days of July 1688. the Commission was read before Sir Richard Allibon Kt. one of His Majesties Justices of the Court of King's-Bench and the Grand Jury Sworn it was to proceed to deliver the said County of the Prisoners therein Nicholas Marshal John Baldwin John Sell Walter Cooke Samuel Holland John Worslely Thomas Gutteridge Thomas Crawley Thomas Raymond Solomon Pratt James Jackson Henry Baker The Tryals of the Prisoners were as follows John Norris and Philamon Bonniss both lately of the Parish of Bishops Hatfield were Indicted for that they the 29th day of June last in the same Parish did Rob one John Medcalfe on the High-way and took from him a Whip one Linnen Cap and 3 l. in Money the mature of the Evidence was such Mr. Medcalfe returning to St. Albans met in his way a Carrier's man and acquainted him with his Misfortune of being Robb'd and in the mean time passed by the very Men that committed the Robbery who were immediately followed by the Cirrier's man and seen to go into an Inn at St. Albans and the Constable being sent for Apprehended them and found the Whip and Cap in the same Room with them and a Vizard Mask in one of their Pockets Mr. Medcalfe Swore that he knew their Faces and they were both found Guilty of Felony and Robery Ann Dale of the Parish of Sabridgworth Spinster was Indicted for the Murther of her Male Bastard Child on the 28th day of April last This great Crime was laid to her Charge upon this account that a Child being found in a Pond near the House where the Prisoner lived with its Throat Cut all the Servants of the Family upon this Allarm were very ready to see the Child but the Prisoner when she was with great difficulty perswaded to it appeared to be under a great Distraction Several of her fellow-Servants deposed that they had observed her to be bigger than ordinary before the Child was supposed to be Born and at that time to be so Sick that she kept her Chamber She did not positively deny the Fact upon her Examination but on her Tryal insisted upon her Innocency and the Jury Acquitted her the Proof not being clear enough that she had any such Child Joseph Jackson of the Parish of All Saints in Hartford was Tryed for the Murther of one William Kentish Most of the Evidence consisted of what the party slain said before he Died he was heard to say that the Prisoner had struck him and that he should never recover it The Chirurgeon that viewed him said he found no Bruise about him when Dead and did believe that he died a Natural Death by the Providence of God and so the Prisoner for want of further Evidence and upon this Affirmation of the Chirurgeon was Acquitted Susan Barber alias Crane of the Parish of Buntingford was Indicted for the Murther of a Female Bastard Child about five years agoe Sarah Dew a Witness for the King proved that about the time in the Indictment laid the Prisoner brought a dead Female Child to her telling her that she was Delivered of a Child three Months before its time and so it appeared to the said Witness and so she not endeavouring to Conceal the Child she was Acquitted Susan Ansell of Ware in the said County was Arraigned for stealing feloniously from one Tho. Griper one Crape Gown and Serge Petticoat both amounting to the value of 20 s. One Witness proved that she had such Goods in her custody but the party from whom the Goods were stolen being a Quaker and refusing to Swear the Prisoner was Acquitted for want of Evidence Lawrence Hasledoom was twice Indicted for Burning the Houses of Daniel Flindon and Bridget Ansell both in the Parish of Ikleford he confessed the several Facts before several Persons and a sharp Iron Rod was produced in Court with which he confessed he had thrust Touch-wood into the Thatch wrapt in Paper but the Court and Jury believing the Prisoner to be of Imperfect memory both at that time and ever since he was Acquitted and left in Goal to be taken care of by the Justices of Peace at their next Quarter Sessions Samuel Mead and Jane his Wife both of the parish of Stondon were Indicted for the Murther of one Joan Coale an Infant which the said Mead was supposed to have Begotten on the Body of one Jane Cole The Prisoners appeared to be of indifferent good Fashion and therefore suffered not the Child to be kept by the Parish but provided a Nurse themselves and the Child Dying quickly they were accused of the Murther but were both without much suspicion Acquitted The Tryals being over the Court proceeded to give Judgment as follows viz. 2 Received Sentence of Death viz. John Norris Philemon Baines Several old Convicts pleaded His Majesties Gratious Pardon under condition of Transportation viz. George Marshall Marjory Roberts William Harrison And so the Court Adjourned The Proceedings at Brentwood in the County of Essex on Wednesday and Thursday being the 25th and 26th days of July 1688. AT the Assizes held at Brentwood in Essex on Wednesday and Thursday being the 25th and 26th days of July 1688. the Commission was read before Sir Thomas Street Kt. one of His Majesties Justices of His Court of Common-pleas and the Jury was Sworn whose Names follow Wignol Gilman Stephen Winston Daniel Hamm Hugh Petchy Anthony Lodwiske John Sharp Bartholomew Tisby Willliam Dale William Francis John Horner William Shambrooke John Debney The Tryals of the Prisoners were as follows Robert Peirce was Indicted for that he in the Parish of Chinckford did Feloniously Traiterously and of his Malice afore thought Kill and Murther one Richard Hemings his Master It appear'd that Hemings the Master who is Slain refused to give leave to the Prisoner his Servant to go to London to buy new Cloaths and the Servant giving some sawcy words the Master corrected him by striking him and thereupon the Servant disarm'd his Master and so they fell to Fighting and were parted by some that saw the Scuffle but the Master after he had called help returned with a very large Stick in his hand and the Servant catch'd up another that lay by him the Master then struck at the Man very violently and the Servant being so provoked struck his Master upon the Head of which stroak he Died and this matter being given in Evidence by all the Witnesses the Prisoner was