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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A25880	The arraignment, tryal and examination of Mary Moders, otherwise Stedman, now Carleton, (stiled, the German Princess) at the sessions-house in the Old Bayly being brought prisoner from the Gatehouse Westminster, for having two husbands, viz. Tho. Stedman of Canterbury Shooemaker, and John Carleton of London, Gent. : who upon a full hearing was acquitted by the jury on Thursday, June 4, 1663.	Carleton, Mary, 1642?-1673.	1663 (1663)	Wing A3764; ESTC R13738	8,693	19

THE ARRAIGNMENT TRYAL and EXAMINATION OF Mary Moders Otherwise STEDMAN now CARLETON Stiled The German Princess At the Sessions-house in the Old Bayly being brought Prisoner from the Gate-house Westminster for having two Husbands viz. THO. STEDMAN of Canterbury Shooemaker AND John Carleton of London Gent. Who upon a full Hearing was acquitted by the Jury on Thursday June 4. 1663. LONDON Printed for N. Brook at the Angel in Cornhil near the Royal Exchange 1663. THE Arraignment Tryal Examination OF MARY MODERS alias STEDMAN STILED The GERMAN PRINCESS At the Sessions in the Old-Bayly Wednesday the third of June 1663. At Justice-Hall in the Old-Bayly THe Court being sate a Bill of Indictment was drawn up against Mary Moders alias Stedman for having two Husbands now alive viz. Tho. Stedman and John Carleton The Grand Jury found the Bill and was to the effect following Viz. That she the said Mary Moders late of London Spinster otherwise Mary Stedman the wife of Tho. Stedman late of the City of Canterbury in the County of Kent Shepemaker 1● May in the Reign of his now Majesty the sixth at the Parish of St. Mildreds in the City of Cant in the County aforesaid did take to husband the aforesaid Thomas Stedman and him the said Thomas Stedman then and there had to husband And that she the said Mary Moders alias Stedman 21 April in the 15 year of his said Majesties Reign at London in the Parish of Great St. Bartholomews in the Ward of Farringdon without feloniously did take to husband one John Carleton and to him was married the said Tho. Stedman her former husband then being alive and in full life against the form of the Statute in that case provided and against the Peace of our said Soveraign Lord the King his Crown and Dignity c. Afterwards the said Mary Moders alias Stedman was called to the Bar and appearing was commanded to hold up her hand which she accordingly did and her Indictment was read to her as followeth Clerk of the Peace Mary Moders alias Stedman Thou standest indicted in London by the name of Mary Moders late of London Spinster otherwise Mary Stedman the wife of c. And here the Indictment was read as above How sayst thou Art thou guilty of the Felony whereof thou standest indicted or Not guilty Mary Moders Not guilty my Lord. Clerk of the Peace How wilt thou be tryed Prisoner By God and the Country Clerk of the Peace God send thee a good deliverance And afterwards she being set to the Bar in order to her Tryal she prayed time till the morrow for her Tryal which was granted and all persons concerned were ordered to attend them at Nine of the Clock in the Fore-noon The Reader is desired to take notice of the following Passage After she was Arraigned and going back to the Gaol her Husband the young Lord told her He must now bid her Adieu for ever To which she replyed Nay My Lord 't is not amiss Before we part to have a Kiss And so saluted him and said What a quarter and noise here 's of a Cheat You cheated me and I you You told me you were a Lord and I told you I was a Princess and I think I fitted you And so saluting each other they parted June 4. 63. Clerk of the Peace The Court was sate Proclamation was made O Yes all manner of persons that have any thing more to do c. Set Mary Moders to the Bar where she accordingly stood Clerk of the Peace Mary Moders alias Stedman hold up thy hand which she did Those men that you shall hear called and personally appear are to pass between our Soveraign Lord the King and you for your life if you will challenge them or any of them you must do it when they come to the Book to besworn before they are sworn And then were called William Rutland Arthur Vigers Arthur Capel Tho. Smith Fran. Chaplin Robert Harvey Simon Driver Robert Kerkham Hugh Masson Tho. Wes●ley Richard Glutterbuck and Randolph Pooke And she challenged none but were severally sworn by the Oath following Look upon the Prisoner You shall well and truly try and true deliverance make between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar whom you shall have in charge according to your evidence So help you God Clerk of the Peace Cryer make Proclamation O Yes If any one can inform my Lords the Kings Iustices the Kings Serjeant or the Kings Attorney before this Inquest be taken between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar let them come forth and they shall be heard for now the Prisoner stands at the Bar upon her deliverance and all others that are bound by Recognizance to give evidence against the Prisoner at the Bar come forth and give evidence or else you 'll forfeit your Recognizance The Witnesses being called several times and not appearing young Carleton came into the Court in a rich Garb trimmed with Scarlet Ribbands and prayed that in respect his Father and the rest of the Witnesses were not all ready the Tryal might be deferred for half an hour and he going back and passing the Prisoner his Princess who stood there in a black Velvet Wastcoat dressed in her hair trimmed also with Scarlet Ribbands she veiling her face with her fan laughed at him to the great observation of the Court and so the young Lord left the Court by advice of his friends and betook himself to an adjoyning house where he stood the whole Tryal After some stay the VVitnesses came into the Court and the Prisoner set to the Bar and silence being commanded the Indictment was again read Clerk of the Peace Upon this Indictment she hath pleaded Not guilty and for her Tryal hath put her self upon God and the Country which Country you are Your charge is to enquire whether she be guilty of the said Felony or not guilty if you find her guilty you shall enquire what Goods and Chattels she had at the time of the Felony committed or at any time sithence if you find her not guilty you shall enquire whether she did flee for it if you find that she fled for it you shall enquire of her Goods c. as if she had been guilty if you find she be not guilty nor that she did flee for it say so and no more and hear your evidence Several VVitnesses were sworn by the Oath following The evidence that you shall swear between our Soveraign Lord the King and the Prisoner at the Bar shall be the truth the whole truth and nothing but the t●uth So help you God James Knot My Lord and Gentlemen of the Jury I gave this woman in marriage to one Thomas Stedman which is now alive in Dover and I see him last week Court VVhere was she married Knot In Canterbury Court VVhere there Knot In St. Mildreds by one Parson Man who is now dead Court How long since were they married