and what you know of any Handkerchief he had Mrs. Jackson He came on the Day before Christmas-Eve to Lodge at my Father's Mr. Garway's House and Lodged there several Nights and went away the third of January at Night with his Things but was absent some Nights between his coming and going away and whilest he Lodged there I observed a Handkerchief in his Hand as I was making a Fire for him in his Chamber and the more because he had said he was a Parliament-Man and I thought it more like a Sea-Man's Handkerchief than a Parliament-Man's and our Maid had an Apron of the same kind of Stuff Then the Handkerchief was produced in Court by the Coroner and the Coal in it wherewith Dr. Clenche was Strangled Mr. Darnell Mrs. Jackson I desire that you would look upon that Handkerchief and tell the Court what you know of it Mrs. Jackson This is the Handkerchief that I saw Mr. Harrison hold to the Fire when I was making of it in his Chamber or very like that Handkerchief for I observed it to be very like my Mother's Maid's Apron Then a piece of the Maid's Apron was produced and they being compared were very like Mr. Harrison Did you hear me say I was a Parliament Man Mrs. Jackson Yes I heard you say so Mr. Harrison Perhaps you might hear my Boy say so Mrs. Jackson Your Foot-boy said you were a Parliament Man And you said so your self Mr. Darnell Call Mr. Garway again He appeared Mr. Darnell Where is the Letter you received from Mr. Harrison since he was a Prisoner L. C. J. What do you say about a Letter that came to your House from the Prisoner Mr. Garway My Lord I had this Letter from him last Saturday directed to my Wife and I believe it to be his Hand He produceth the Letter Mr. Darnell My Lord I desire that the Letter may be read L. C. J. Read the Letter Mr. Tanner Cl. Peace reads To Mrs. Garraway at the Hand and Apple in Thread-Needle-Street behind the Royal Exchange Present Mrs. Garraway I Was informed Yesterday that you are to Appear against me at next Sessions I am sure you never heard me mention Dr. Clenche in all your life and if you do it will look like Malice My Lord Chief Justice is sensible of the Wrong done me This is all from Your Servant Hen. Harrison L. C. J. Mr. Harrison Did I ever tell you That I was sensible of it To which he made no Reply Mr. Darnell Call Mr. John Cartwright Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell I would have you Declare what you heard Mr. Harrison say concerning Dr. Clenche Mr. Cartwright My Lord Upon the Third of January last Mr. Harrison came to Woodstreet Compter it was on a Sunday in the Evening about Five or Six a Clock I was standing in the Gate and I let him in Assoon as he came in he asked how poor Mrs. Vanwick did says he she hath been wronged of Five Hundred Pounds within this 12 Months Then I let him into the Court and he went into her Chamber and about half an Hour after I was sent by my Master to require some Chamber-Rent of Mrs. Vanwick and I heard Mr. Harrison and she at high Words and in a great Passion and I heard Mr. Harrison Swear God damn his Blood he would be reveng'd of that Rogue and named Clenche or Winch I cannot tell which and he would have his Blood e're it were long Mr. Harrison Where were you J. Cartwright My Lord I was at the Chamber-door and there was no Body on that side of the House but Mr. Harrison Mrs. Vanwick and my self Mr. Darnell Call Mrs. Mary Jones Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Now my Lord I will call one to prove where he took a new Lodging the very Day the Murther was done L. C. J. Cartwright Was that in Mrs. Vanwick's Chamber that you heard him Swear so Mr. Cartwright Yes my Lord in her Chamber and none was with her but he only Mr. Darnell You the last Witness Mrs. Jones When did Mr. Harrison come to Lodge at your House Mrs. Jones He came on a Monday Mr. Darnell What Day of the Month was it Mrs. Jones I can't tell what Day of the Month for I did not set it down Mr. Darnell Was it the Monday before he was taken Mrs Jones Yes it was the Monday before Mr. Darnell Whence did he pretend to come Mrs. Jones He said that he was come out of the Country and had formerly Lodged in Fleet-street and that where he had Lodged formerly they had left off House-keeping and were gone into the Country L. C. J. Where is your House Mrs. Jones In Paul's Church-Yard at the Sign of the Golden Ball. Mr. Darnell Call James Howseman Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Do you tell what you know about Mr. Harrison's being at Mr. Jones House James Howseman My Lord he came in about Eight a Clock at Night and brought a Porter with him and a Portmanteau Trunk and after that the Porter went out a little before him and then he followed him and went out after Mr. Darnell Did you hear him say from whence he came James Howseman No I did not Mr. Darnell Call Anne Evans Who did not appear Mr. Darnell Then Call Mr. Robert Humston Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Mr. Humston I desire you will give the Court an Account of Mr. Harrison's being at your House that Night Dr. Clenche was Murdered Mr. Humston My Lord I met Mr. Harrison on Monday the 4th of January last and he told me he was going to the Compter to a Gentlewoman that was much oppressed and that he wanted Money to get her Released upon which I gave him some Money and after some Discourse I desired him to bring home my Gown that I formerly lent him and seemed angry with him for that he had several times promised me to bring it home but had failed therein and thereupon he promised that I should have it that Night And that Evening about Nine of the Clock he came to my Lodgings and brought home my Gown and when he came I asked him if he had gotten Mrs. Vanwick Released And Mr. Harrison answered No. Upon which I blamed him for neglecting an old Friend and Mr. Harrison excused it telling me that he had met with some Persoms upon earnest Business which prevented him And then I asked Mr. Harrison to stay and Sup with me but he refused it saying that he had been about extraordinary Business that Day which must be done that Night and that a Gentleman stayed in the Street for him and they two were going to do it L. C. J. Where do you live And how long stayed he at your House Mr. Humston I Lodged then at the Golden Key in Fleet-street over against Fetter-Lane End He came to my Lodgings about Nine of the Clock at Night and stayed there but a little time L. C. J. What manner of Cloaths had he on Mr. Humston My Lord he had
Constable and we went to the Coach side and there we found him laying along and we took him and carried him to the Bull Inn and there he was let Blood on the Arms and the Chyrurgeon took about half a Spoonful of Blood out of his Right Arm and he was let Blood on the other Arm but that did but just trickle down and we could not get him to life again and we found a Silver Ink-horn in his Pocket and that and the rest of his things were secured That is all I can say to the Matter Mr. Darnell Call Mrs. Elianor Ashbolt Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Mrs. Pray tell my Lord and the Court what you know of any Persons you saw in a Coach at Browne-lowe-street End that Night Dr. Clenche was Murdered Mrs. Ashbolt May it please your Lordship I went out of an Errand for one Madam Anwell a Gentlewoman who Lodges at my Mothers house and coming home again I saw a Coach stop at Brownelowe-street End between Nine and Ten a Clock at Night and the Coachman went to the side of the Coach And one in the Coach bad him go to Dr. Clenche's and tell him That there were two Gentlemen stayed for him in a Coach and as he went up the Street he went slowly and looked back two or three times Whereupon one of the Persons leaned out of the Coach and did Swear at the Coachman to make hast and I went round the Coach and could discern Mr. Harrison's face and I stayed and saw Dr. Clenche go into the Coach and one of them gave his Place to the Doctor Mr. Darnell Why were you so curious Mistress and what did you observe further Mrs. Ashbolt Because I thought they might give the Coach-man a slip I well observed Mr. Harrison but do not know the other Man there were two Lamps burning one in Brownlowe-Street and the other in Holborn over-against the End of Brownlowe-Street and they lighted quite through the Coach and the Men pulled themselves backwards when they saw me look on them it was that Night that the Doctor was Murdered I went to Newgate afterwards Madam Clenche desired me to go and see Mr. Harrison and when I came to Newgate it seems he was writing Letters so I staid before I went into the Room and there were two Men with me and Mr. Harrison was talking very loud said they to me Who is that speaks now Why says I it is one of the Persons that was in the Coach when Dr. Clenche was Murdered L. C. J. Who are those two Men that were with you Mrs. Ashbolt One of them was one Mr. Jones a Coach-maker in Holborn and the other was Madam Clenche's Coach-man L. C. J. Did you know the Prisoner when you saw him in Newgate to be one of them that were in the Coach Mrs. Ashbolt Yes I did I knew him to be the same Man as soon as I saw him and he changed Countenance as soon as he saw me Mr. Harrison My Lord this Woman is certainly hired by the Villains that are against me Pray ask her my Lord Why she did not make a Discovery sooner L. C. J. Mistress What say you to that Mrs. Ashbolt I acquainted Madam Anwell what I had seen and observed and she told Madam Clenche after last Sessions and then she desired me to go to Newgate to see Mr. Harrison and I went accordingly and I would have told it to Madam Clenche sooner but my Mother was loath I should be concerned about such a thing Mr. Darnell My Lord we have some Witnesses who can give your Lordship an Account that one of our Witnesses whom I mentioned to your Lordship before is spirited or withdrawn from us by a Gentleman that said he came to him from the Prisoner and desired him to be kind to the Prisoner which Witness is since absent and not to be found his Name was Andrew Bowsell a Youth and an Apprentice to one Mr. Tims a Shooe-maker L. C. J. You must prove upon him that he made him keep away Mr. Darnell Call Barnabas Smith Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Give my Lord and the Court an Account what you know of this matter Mr. Smith My Lord this Andrew Bowsell which the Councel for the King speaks of was sent to Leaden-Hall-Street of an Errand to the Bull-head Ale-house there and as he was going along a Gentleman met him and asked him if he was not an Evidence against Mr. Harrison and being told by the Boy that he was he desired him to be kind to him and pull'd out a piece of Money and offered it him desiring him to be kind to Mr. Harrison upon which the Youth replied That he owed him nothing and nothing he would take then the Gentleman told him That he would come again another time and send for him near to his Master 's so the Boy said and told me And said further That if he could have gotten him to have gone to the Bull-head Ale-house he would have seized him Mr. Darnell What is become of the Boy Mr. Smith Truly we do not know what is become of him we never heard of him since the Sixth Day of March last Mr. Darnell Call his Master Mr. Richard Tims Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Tell my Lord and the Court what you know of this matter and what is become of your Apprentice Andrew Bowsell Mr. Tims My Lord he went away from me on the Sixth Day of March last he was enticed away by three Souldiers that Night and on the Morrow Morning one of them came and demanded his Coats Shirts and Neckcloths says I to him Who sent you and who is your Captain and he answered why Captain Harris so he huss'd and said That if I would not give him the Cloathes he would send his Officer and then I told the Souldier I would have him before a Justice of Peace so he went away and never came to me again and I could never hear of my Apprentice since tho' I have made great Inquiry after him L. C. J. Did your Servant tell you of any Money that had been offered him by the before-mentioned Gentleman Mr. Tims No my Lord he did not tell me but he told Mr. Smith the Witness that was last Examined as he told me Mr. Darnell My Lord I desire that Bowsell's Examination taken before Mr. John Brown the Coroner of London upon Oath may be read Which being proved by the Coroner were directed to be read Clerk of the Peace Reads 12o. Januarii 1691. Andrew Bowsell Servant to Richard Tims Shoomaker Sworn and Examined touching the Death of Andrew Clench Doctor in Physick deceased saith that he this Informant being sent to Mr. Parker's at the Bull-Head Ale-house in Leaden-Hall-Street on Monday last was Seven night being the fourth of this instant January between the hours of Ten and Eleven of the Clock in the Evening saw a Coach standing against Leaden-Hall-Market and heard some Person that was in the Coach say make haste And this
made you take notice of the Day of the Month and Hour of the Day Mr. Maccaffee My Lord I heard that Dr. Clenche was murder'd and that Mr. Harrison was taxed with it and that made me take notice of the Day L. C. J. Call Mrs. Maccaffee Who stood up L. C. J. Mistress What time did Mr. Harrison come to your House on the 4th of January last at Night Mrs. Maccaffee My Lord it was as near Nine-a-Clock as any thing can be when he came in first L. C. J. How long did he stay there Mrs. Maccaffee I cannot tell how long he stay'd but there were two Accidents happen'd one was our Playing at Cards and the other was that there was a Pick-pocket carried by to be pump'd at Lincolns-Inn it was from Nine to Eleven before he went away and there were Mrs. White Mr. Baker and one Mrs. Fairelesse L. C. J. Did any one come with the Prisoner to your House In what humour did he seem to be Mrs. Maccaffee No my Lord there was no one came with him and he never stirr'd out neither did he seem to be disorder'd he was neither too merry nor too melancholy L. C. J. Where did he say he had been Mrs. Maccaffee He said that he had been in the City L. C. J. Did he use to frequent your House Mrs. Maccaffee Formerly he did but I had not seen him in half a Year before Mr. Darnell How many were there do you say Mrs. Maccaffee There was one Mrs. Fairelesse and one Mrs. White and my self and my Husband was upon the Bed and Mr. White came for his Wife about Ten-a-Clock to come home Mr. Darnell Do you remember that Mr. Baker was there Mrs. Maccaffee Yes he was there L. C. J. Pray Mistress did Mr. Harrison come in and find them at Cards Mrs. Maccaffee No we went to Cards afterwards L. C. J. Where was your Husband Mrs. Maccaffee He was upon the Bed in the Kitchen L. C. J. Call Mr. Baker Who stood up Mr. Baker This Gentleman the Prisoner is a Stranger to me but here is a Letter that he sent me two or three Days afterwards I came into Mrs. Maccaffee's House about half an Hour after Nine a-Clock with two Women more Mrs. Maccaffee owed me Money and I had been in Lincolns-Inn for I do some Work there for Sir Thomas Cooke and the Women ask'd me to play at Cards and I said that I did not care to Play because I had been abroad and could not get any Money which made me out of humour My Lord I never saw the Man in my Life before L. C. J. Who were they that play'd at Cards Mr. Baker It was one Mrs. Fairelesse the Woman of the House and Mr. Harrison and my self L. C. J. Who were together Mr. Baker Mrs. Fairless and I and the Woman of the House and Mr. Harrison the Prisoner and we play'd for a Penny a Corner I cannot say any more to it my Lord. L. C. J. How long did he stay Mr. Baker I left him there after Ten a Clock and as I hope for mercy I never saw him but once before and I had not known him again but by a particular Token Mr. Harrison Were there not some Accidents happen'd at that time Mr. Baker Yes there came a Vintner's Boy to ask for a Woman one Mrs. Frances and he was in great haste and a Pick-pocket was carried up the Lane to be Pump'd at Lincolns-Inn Pump Mr. Harrison Call Mrs. Fairlesse call Mrs. Whipple neither of which appear'd Call Mr. Sutton who appeared L. C. J. Where do you live and what is your Name Mr. Sutton My Lord my Name is Sutton and I live in Stone-cutter's street Mr. Harrison Mr. Sutton what time was it that I was coming by when one Mr. Russel and you were Drinking Mr. Sutton My Lord it was about Eleven a Clock at Night at the King's Head-Tavern at Chancery-Lane end Mr. Harrison What had I on a Cloak and a Muff Mr. Sutton Yes I think you had a Cloak on Mr. Darnell What time was it was it before or after Eleven a Clock Mr. Sutton It was about a quarter before Eleven Lord Mayor What day of the Month was it Mr. Sutton It was the fourth of January L. C. J. Where was he going which way went he Mr. Sutton He was going towards Fleet-Bridge my Lord and I called after him but could not make him hear me at first but afterwards he came to us Mr. Harrison Pray call Mr. Russel who appeared Mr. Russel I can't hear my Lord but if you please to permit Mr. Sutton to speak to me I can hear his Voice better than any Man's L. C. J. Speak as loud as you can Sir and we will let you hear us Mr. Sutton must not speak for you Mr. Harrison Pray Mr. Russel what time of Night was it that you saw me go by you when you were drinking at the Kings-Head-Tavern Mr. Russel I can't tell my Lord I have not heard a Clock these three years L. C. J. Where were you going at that time of Night Mr. Russel I was going to Wild-Street to the Chyrurgeon's Arms to Receive some money L. C. J. How came Mr. Sutton to go with you Mr. Russel He had been with me all that day and I desired him to go with me and my Lord I did expect that the money would have been brought to me but was not so I went for it L. C. J. Well and what then Mr. Russel While we staid at the King 's Head Tavern door to drink Wine Mr. Sutton sent the Drawer to call Mr. Harrison L. C. J. What had you been doing before that time Mr. Russel We had I suppose I been drinking together L. C. J. Where had you been before you came to the King 's Head Tavern Mr. Russel We had been at the Horseshoe-Tavern in Chancery-Lane L. C. J. Did you request Mr. Sutton to go with you Mr. Russel Yes I did my Lord L. C. J. You say your easiness was to go to Wild-street to receive some money Mr. Russel Yes it was my Lord and I did receive it L. C. J. When was it that you met Mr. Harrison the Prisoner Mr. Russel My Lord I can't positively say but by computation of the Night I believe it was about Eleven a Clock L. C. J. Did you meet Mr. Harrison before you went to the Horseshooe-Tavern or after Mr. Russel Afterwards my Lord I saw Mr. Harrison turn at the Corner of Fleet-street towards Fleet-Bridge L. C. J. At the time when Mr. Sutton and you went first out did you agree of your going to the Horseshooe-Tavern Mr. Russel We went thither to send for the Gentleman out of Wild-Street L. C. J. When you had been Drinking all the Afternoon how came you to stop your Coach at the King 's Head Mr. Russel We stopt there whilst Mr. Sutton sent for some body to come to him L. C. J. You said just now that Mr. Sutton sent for Mr.
Harrison Mr. Russel No my Lord I do not remember that but Mr. Sutton said Harry or Harrison where art thou going when he went by us Mr. Harrison My Lord this Man is a stranger to me Call John Allen Drawer at the King 's Head-Tavern Who appeared Mr. Harrison John Allen what time of Night was it that Mr. Sutton and Mr. Russel came to your House in a Coach J. Allen. I believe it was about Eleven a Clock L. C. J. How much Wine had they J. Allen. Two Half Pints of Canary L. C. J. What Night was it what Day of the Month was it J. Allen. My Lord I can't remember what Day of the Month but it was that Night that Doctor Clench was murther'd L. C. J. Did you see Mr. Harrison there J. Allen. I can't tell that I never saw him 'till I saw him in Prison Mr. Harrison Did not you go to Mr. Maccaffee's House J. Allen. Yes I did Mr. Harrison Did not one strike you with a Muff J. Allen. Yes but I can't remember who it was Lord Mayor Look upon that Man do you not know him to be the Person J. Allen. No my Lord I do not know him to be the Person Mr. Darnell Who sent you to Crown-Court J. Allen. Mr. Russel Mr. Darnell For what J. Allen. For a Servant Maid and he bid me tell her that he had a desire to speak with her Mr. Darnell How long did you tarry at the House J. Allen. I did not stay at all Mr. Harrison Call Mr. Carden Drawer at the King 's Head Tavern Who appeared Mr. Harrison What time did Mr. Sutton come to your House did you see any one stand at the Coach side and what Cloaths had he on Carden I saw one stand at the Coach side and he had a Hanging-Coat or a Cloak on it was about the Hour of Eleven to the best of my knowledge and I saw a Man go into the Coach and come out again Mr. Coroner What time of Night do you shut your Doors especially on Monday Nights and were they shut when Mr. Sutton called in the Coach Carden We shut them commonly about Eleven a Clock at Night but on Monday Nights usually later they were shut when Mr. Sutton called and I opened them for him L. C. J. Can you say that the Prisoner was the Man that drank with Mr. Sutton Carden To the best of my knowledge looking on the Prisoner that is the Man I can't be positive my Lord. L. C. J. Well have you any more Witnesses Mr. Harrison No my Lord unless Mr. Essington be here he promised to be here to give an account of me My Lord there is a Gentleman that is in the Press-Yard one Mr. _____ Butler I desire lie may be sent for if your Lordship please L. C. J. Let him be fetch'd down Which was done L. C. J. But in the mean time it behoves you to give account of these things First why did you say that you were a Parliament Man Secondly why did you leave your Lodgings and take other Lodgings in Paul's Church-Yard Thirdly why did you say that you had extraordinary business Give some account what your business was and who that Gentleman was that staid for you in the Street when Mr. Humstone desired you to stay and Sup with him what hinder'd you from accepting his Invitation Now we would have you to Consider of these things and give an answer to them for it much concerns you so to do Mr. Harrison My Lord first as to the first I do declare that I never went for a Parliament Man nor never said so Secondly that Night I was to go out of Town I had left word at several Cossee-Houses that I was going out of Town upon earnest Business and with above twenty People besides that I was going out of Town and I was about to go to Basing-Stoke to a Gentleman that owed me Money one Mr. Bulling but I could not get money to go L. C. J. Prove that you were to go into the Country Mr. Harrison My Lord I can't prove that now except I could have sent to Basing-Stoke L. C. J. That you should have done before now why did you not stay with Mr. Humston when he Invited you to Sup with him You might have been better entertained there than by going among strangers to Play at Cards for a Penny a Corner at an Ale-house Mr. Harrison My Lord I was unwilling to stay because he had Strangers with him L. C. J. What if he had you are not such a bashful man that you could not Sup with Strangers Mr. Harrison My Lord Mr. Rowe was accused with me L. C. J. What if he was he was under some Suspicion and he hath made it appear where he was at the time the Fact was Committed and now he is Discharged Then Mr. Butler was brought into Court from Newgate attended by a Keeper Mr. Harrison Mr. Butler Pray tell the Court what Mr. Fairbeard said to you about me Mr. Butler My Lord Mr. Fairbeard asked me what I could say about what Mr. Harrison had said to me concerning the Murther of Doctor Clench I told him I could not tell what to make of his broken and rambling Speeches and Discourses they being most of them spoken when he was in his Drink This is all that I know my Lord. L. C. J. This is not a Witness for your turn Mr. Darnell Call Mrs. Anwell Who was sent for from her Lodgings in Brownlow-Street in Holborn and appeared and was Sworn Mr. Darnell Madam pray give an account what Mrs. Ashbolt told you concerning any Man's being in a Coach at Brownlow-street end Mrs. Anwell I know nothing of my own Knowledge but the Night that Doctor Clench was Murthered I sent Mrs. Ashbolt of an Errand and at her return I blam'd her for staying so long and she told me that as she was returning home a Coach stop'd at Brownlow-Street end with two Men with Cloaks on in it and that one of them bad the Coachman go for Doctor Clench and desire him to come to them and in his going several times look'd back as if he suspected the men would leave the Coach and so she stayed until Doctor Clench came and wont into the Coach and that one of the men gave the Doctor his Place and that one of them had a Fair Perriwig and a Sanguine Complexion Mr. Darnell What discourse had you with her when you heard that those men had Murdered Doctor Clench Mrs. Anwell She told me that one of those men had a Fair Perriwig and a Sanguin Complexion and that one of them had a Cloak on L. C. J. Did she say that she observod either of their Faces Mrs. Anwell Yes my Lord she said that one of them had a round Face and a big Voice L. C. J. Did she say she could know him again Mrs. Anwell No my Lord she did not say so but she said that she could know his Voice again And after the
and several Constables have several times searched there for stolen Goods L. C. J. What have you more to say Mr. Harrison Mr. Harrison I cannot say any thing more you may deal with me according to my Deserts in this Matter L. C. J. You may assure your self that we will do you no wrong Have you any more to say He made no Reply Mr. Darnel My Lord We have another Witness come now who was not here before Crier Call Mr. Charles Whitfield Who was sworn Mr. Darnel My Lord This Gentleman can give your Lordship an Account what the Prisoner said of his being just come out of the Country upon the fifth of January last Pray tell my Lord what you know Sir Mr. Cha. Whitfield My Lord Upon the fifth day of January last being the Day after Dr. Clench was murdered I went to Joe's Coffee-House in Salisbury-Court and there Mr. Harrison sitting by the Fire-side says I to Mr. Harrison Where have you been for a long time that I have not seen you Says he I have been in the Country Where says I Says he about twenty Miles off in Kent and I want a Landress and a Lodging Says I do you hear the News Sir What News says he Why said I of Dr. Clench's being murdered I cannot tell the Occasion said I but he was found dead in a Coach last Night in Leadenhall-street Then says he I did love him very well once but of late he hath been a barbarous Rogue to a Gentlewoman a Friend of mine and she is in the Compter now And Mr. Harrison said it was a just Judgment of God upon the Doctor for being so great a Villain to the Gentlewoman therefore I will write to her presently and give her an Account of his Death And my Lord the Contents of his Letter were these as near as I can remember Madam I Am just now going to Lambeth but hearing of Dr. Clench's Murder I do hereby give you an Account of it and can impute it to no less than a just Judgment of God upon him for his Baseness shewed to you And if you think fit to send to Madam Clench it may be she may send somewhat towards your Relief she now being a Widow as well as you Madam I am yours to command Henry Harrison My Lord after this came into the same Coffee-House another Person one Mr. Ravenscroft of whom Mr. Harrison asked some Question about Dr. Clench who reply'd That he heard that Dr. Clench was murdered and that it was committed by a Bully of the Town that belonged to a Gentlewoman in the Compter who was laid in there upon Dr. Clench's account at which he was much startled Says he again There is no Person familiar with that Gentlewoman but my self for I know and am concerned in all her Affairs Perhaps then I may be taken up about it Or my Lord he used Words to that effect Mr. Harrison My Lord this Woman was not in the Compter upon Dr. Clench's account L. C. J. No the Witness don't say so but that it was the Discourse of the Town that she was and the Town did suppose her so to be What did he say further Sir Mr. Whitfield My Lord he said that he had been in Kent about twenty Miles off and he said that he wanted a Landress because he had some foul Linnen to wash which he produced This was on the Tuesday and the Murder was committed on the Monday-night before And my Lord there were two more Gentlemen that heard him as well as I that he said That he had been about twenty Miles off in Kent and that he was newly come to Town Now my Lord I could not imagine for what Reason this Man should say that he had been out of Town about a Fort-night or three Weeks when he was in that House but the Monday-night before that is the Night the Murder was committed Mr. Darnel Crier call Mr. Bishop Who appeared and was sworn Mr. Bishop About three Years ago the Prisoner came to my Master's Shop to cheapen some Linnen and when L. C. J. Hold what are you doing now Are you going to arraign his whole Life Away away that ought not to be that is nothing to the Matter Have you done Prisoner Mr. Harrison Yes my Lord I have done I refer my Cause to your Lordship Then the Court summed up the Evidence very particularly to the Gentlemen of the Jury as followeth L. C. J. Gentlemen of the Jury The Prisoner at the Bar Henry Harrison stands indicted for the wilful Murder of Dr. Andrew Clenche who was barbarously murdered on the fourth day of January last You have heard the Witnesses that have been sworn and upon their Testimony it doth appear that two Persons came to Brownlow-street-End in a Coach after nine a Clock at night and sent the Coach-man to the Doctor 's House under pretence to get him to a Patient a Friend of theirs that was sick By this Contrivance they got him into their Coach which they had brought for that purpose and then they ordered the Coach-man to drive to Leadenhall-street and when they came about Holborn-Bars one of them ask'd the Coach-man why he drove so slow and bad him drive faster When they came to Leadenhall-street then they bad him drive to the Pye-Tavern without Aldgate where one of them bad the Coach-man ask for one Hunt but he not being there one of them bad the Coach-man return back and gave six Pence to the Watch to come through the Gate which was shut in the mean time and when they came to Leadenhall-Market one of them gave the Coach-man three Shillings and six Pence and sent him to buy a couple of Fowls which the Coach-man did buy and brought them to the Coach but when he came back he found the Doctor in the body of the Coach leaning against the fore Seat of the Coach a Handkerchief being tied about his Neck with a Coal in it placed upon his Wind-pipe which Hankerchief and Coal have been produced in Court The Question is Gentlemen Whether the Prisoner at the Bar be Guilty of this base and barbarous Murder To prove which there have been a very long Evidence given some Positive some Circumstantial It has been proved that Dr. Clenche had some Dealings with a Woman named Vanwicke and had lent her one hundred and twenty Pounds and had taken a Mortage for it This Prisoner Mr. Harrison was a great Acquaintance and very intimate with this Woman and did concern himself in the management of her Affairs and because Dr. Clenche did refuse to lend the Woman more Money therefore he had an Animosity against Dr. Clenche The Money not being paid to the Doctor as he did expect he did call it in and therefore this Gentlewoman did oftentimes repair to Dr. Clenche to desire farther Time or Forbearance because she could not raise or procure the Money elsewhere That about Michaelmass last it seems she came to a Coffee-house near Warwick-house in
I Do Appoint William Battersby and Thomas Braddyll to Print the several Trials of Henry Harrison Gent. and John Cole for the Murther of Dr. Andrew Clenche and also the Examination of the said Henry Harrison taken before the Lord Chief Justice Holt concerning the said Murther together with a Preface to the said Trials And that no other do Presume to Print the same London October 27. 1692. Tho. Stamp Mayor THE Arraignment Tryal Conviction and Condemnation of Henry Harrison Gent. For the Barbarous MURTHER OF Andrew Clenche OF Brownlowe-street in the Parish of St. Andrew's Holborne in the County of Middlesex Doctor of Physick At the Sessions of Goal-delivery of Newgate holden for the City of London at Justice-Hall in the Old-Baily on the 6th 7th and 9th days of April 1692. in the Fourth Year of their Majesties Reign And also the Examination of the said Henry Harrison taken the 6th day of January 1691. before the Right Honourable Sir John Holt Knight Lord Chief Justice of their Majesties Court of King's and Queens Bench at Westminster To which is also added the Tryal of John Cole for the Murther of the said Doctor Clenche LONDON Printed by Thomas Braddyll and are to be Sold by William Battersby at Thavies-Inn-Gate and R. Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane MDCXCII TO THE READER THE Murther of Doctor Andrew Clenche from the manner of it did very much disturb the Thoughts of many Mâ—n But the Evidence against Henry Harrison Gent. at his Tryal for that Murther was so full and satisfactory to all that heard it That it was then believed there was not any doubt left of his being one of the Actors of that Murther But there having been some Endeavours since by the Accusation of one John Cole and others to make the said Henry Harrison appear Innocent and to Arraign the Justice of the Kingdom It is therefore thought necessary to publish both the Trials of the said Henry Harrison and John Cole for the Satisfaction of all Persons and in hopes also that it may be a means of as happy a Discovery of the Managers of that Accusation as there was by great Providence of one of the Actors of that secret and cruel Murther THE Arraignment Tryal Conviction and Condemnation of Henry Harrison Gent. FOR THE MURTHER OF Dr. Andrew Clenche Die Mercurii Sexto die Aprilis Anno Regni Domini Gulielmi Dominoe Marioe Regis Reginoe Anglioe c. Quarto Judges present Lord Chief-Justice Holt Lord Chief-Baron Atkins Mr Justice Nevil THE Keeper of the Prison of Newgate did according to Order of the Court being then sate bring up the Body of Henry Harrison Gent. to the Sessions-House in the Old-Baily London who being at the Bar was Arraigned upon an Indictment of Felony and Murther found that Day by the Grand-Jury for the City of London in manner following Clerk of Arraignment HEnry Harrison hold up thy Hand Which he did You stand Indicted by the Name of Henry Harrison late of London Gent. for that you not having the fear of God before your Eyes but being mov'd and seduc'd by the Instigation of the Devil the Fourth Day of January in the Third Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary of England c. about Eleven of the Clock in the Night of the same Day with Force and Arms c. at London viz. in the Parish of St Peter Cornhill in the Ward of Limestreet in London aforesaid being in a certain Coach with one Andrew Clenche Doctor of Physick and a certain Man yet unknown in and upon the said Andrew Clenche in the Peace of God and of our Sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queen then and there being Violently Feloniously and of your Malice before-thought did make an Assault And that you the said Henry Harrison with the Help and Assistance of the said Man unknown with a Pocket Handkerchief with a Coal in the same being put of the value of Two Pence about the Neck of him the said Andrew Clenche then and there Feloniously Voluntarily and of your Malice before-thought did put fasten and bind and that you the said Henry Harrison with the said Handkerchief with the Coal aforesaid in it by you the said Henry Harrison with the Help and Assistance of the aforesaid Man unknown about the Neck of the said Andrew Clenche then as aforesaid put fastened and bound him the said Andrew Clenche then and there with Force and Arms c. Feloniously Voluntarily and of your Malice before-thought did choak and strangle by Reason of which choaking and strangling of the said Andrew Clenche by you the said Henry Harrison with the Handkerchief aforesaid with the Coal as aforesaid put in it he the said Andrew Clenche instantly died So that you the said Henry Harrison with the Help and Assistance of the said Man unknown him the said Andrew Clenche the said fourth Day of January in the Year aforesaid at the Parish and Waâ—d aforesaid in manner and form aforesaid Feloniously Voluntarily and of your Malice before-thought did Kill and Murther against the Peace of our Sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queen now their Crown and Dignity How say you Henry Harrison are you Guilty of this Felony and Murther whereof you stand Indicted or not Guilty Mr Harrison Not Guilty in Thought Word not Deed. Cl. of Ar. Culpriest How will you be Tryed Mr Harrison By God and my Country Cl. of Ar. God send you a good Deliverance Then the said Mr Harrison was taken away from the Bar by the Keeper of Newgate And afterwards the same Day about Eleven of the Clock in the Morning the said Henry Harrison was brought to the Bar and he desired the Court that he might then be Tryed which was granted and those Persons who were return'd upon the Jury were called over twice and their Appearances recorded Cl. of Ar. You Henry Harrison These Men that you shall hear call'd and personally do appear are to pass between our Sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queen and you upon Tryal of your Life and Death if therefore you will challenge them or any of them your time is to challenge them as they come to the Book to be Sworn and before they be Sworn L. C. J. Holt. Mr Harrison you may challenge such of the Jury as you shall think fit before they be Sworn Then the Jury was called and sworn and then were counted and the Twelve sworn were these whose Names follow JURORS John Roll Nathaniel Houlton Michael Pindar James Hulbert Joseph Howe Richard Chewne John Lawford Nicholas Wildeboare Robert Williamson William Merriden Thomas Simpson Thomas Pakeman Sworn Then Proclamation for Information and Evidence was made as is usual Mr Harrison My Lord I have made no Challenges because I do believe the Jury to be honest Men. Cl. of Arr. Henry Harrison Hold up thy Hand which he did Gentlemen you that are sworn look upon the Prisoner and hearken
done that Night and that a Gentleman stayed for him in the Street to go with him about it and so he went away And soon after about Nine of the Clock the same Night two Men standing in Fleetstreet at Fetterlane End call'd for a Coach and ask'd the Coachman if he knew Dr Clenche who dwelt in Brownlow-street in Holborn and the Coachman reply'd he did know the Street but not the Doctor whereupon they went into the Coach and ordered him to live to the End of Brownlowstreet and when they came thither one of them called to the Coachman and bad him go to Dr Clenche's and tell him that two Gentlemen in a Coach at the End of the Street desired him to go with them to a Patient that was very Sick which the Coachman did And he found the Doctor in his Night-Gown and Slippers and just a going to Bed but he immediately dressed himself and went to them into the Coach And it fell out very happily for the further Discovery of this Murther that while this Coach stood at the End of Brownlowstreet a Young Gentlewoman standing at her own Door near it and fancying that while the Coachman went on the Errand the Gentlemen would ship out of the Coach I think they call it Bilking she watch'd them And a Lamp that lighted cross Holborn over against Brownlowstreet End and another about the middle of Brownlowstreet gave such a light into the Coach that she plainly saw one of the Men that sate in it and see him look out of the Coach after the Coachman and heard him swear at the Coachman because he made no more haste in going to the Doctor 's House and she is very certain that the Prisoner at the Bar is the same Person that look'd out of the Coach and that did swear â—t the Coachman and is more confident of it from the remarkablenesâ— of his Voice For she hearing of this Murther and remembring these Circumstances she went to Newgate to see the Prisoner and hearing his Voice in another Room before she saw him she declar'd to the Persons that were then with her that the Voice she then heard was the Persons Voice that she saw look out of the Coach and that did swear at the Coachman and afterwards when she came into the Room where the Prisoner was though with several other Men she pointed to him as the Person and she hearing him then speak again declared to the Persons with her that both by his Voice and by his Countenance she knew him to be the same Man And my Lord after those Gentlemen had gotten the Doctor into the Coach one of them called to the Coachman and bad him make haste and drive them to Leaden-Hall Market and when they were come within Holbourn-Bars one of them called to the Coachman and bad him drive faster whereupon the Coachman drove them very fast through Holbourn to Leaden-Hall-Market-Gate and when he came there one of them bad him drive to the Pye without Aldgate before which time without doubt the Murther was committed upon the Doctor for his Hat was found next morning in Holborn near Fetter-lane End but the driving so long about after is supposed to be done least the Doctor might recover and when they were come without Aldgate one of them ordered the Coachman to ask there for one Hunt a Chyrurgeon which he did and being answered that no such Person was there he ordered the Coachman to drive back again to Leaden-Hall and when they came there one of them called the Coachman and gave him Three Shillings and Six Pence and bad him go into the Market there to one Hunt's a Poulterer and buy them a couple of Fowls but the Coachman could not find any Hunt a Poulterer but however he bought a couple of Fowls for Three Shillings and when he came with them to his Coach the two Gentlemen were gone and the Doctor left in the Coach murther'd with a Handkerchief tied fast about his Neck with a Coal in it which will be proved to be the Prisoners Handkerchief Besides there was a Boy in the Street there who took notice of the Coachman 's being sent of an Errand and saw the two Persons come out of the Coach in great haste and she going towards the Coach before they went out of it one of them did swear at him to be gone and of him the Boy took most notice and was as possitive as any man can be to the Person of one that he never saw before that the Prisoner now at the Bar was one of them and was the Person that did then swear at him But this Witness is spirited away and cannot be heard of although he hath been described in the Gazettee and diligent search and inquiry has been made after him But we have his Examination upon Oath before the Coroner and we must submit to the Court how far that shall be admitted as Evidence Gentlemen We will call our Witnesses and if they prove all this matter I believe every Man here will be satisfied that the Prisoner at the Bar is Guilty of this base murther Mr Darnell Pray call and swear Mr George Wigmore who was sworn with others Mr Darnell Pray Mr Wigmore tell my Lord and the Jury what you know of any Money that was lent by Dr Clenche and to whom Mr George Wigmore May it please your Lordship there was a draught of a Mortgage from Mrs Vanwicke to Dr Clenche made by a Gentleman of Grays-Inn for the Sum of One hundred and twenty Pounds and I Ingross'd it and I paid by the Doctors Order above Threescore Pounds of the Money and the rest of it was satisfied before and upon sealing of the Mortgage for the Money Mr Harrison and one Mr Rowe fell out about their Dividend of the Money and called one another ill Names and Mr Rowe produced a Bill of what he had done and laid out for Coach-hire and other things for Mrs Vanwicke and Mr Harrison and he had high words about it and called one another Rogues so I told them if they could not agree I would put the Money up again and carry it home but Mrs Vanwicke and they did agree at last and sealed the Mortgage and I paid the Money and Mrs Vanwicke and Mr Harrison took out twenty Pounds of the Money and paid it to Mr Rowe and after Mr Rowe was gone they desired me to go with them to the Young Devil Tavern and they both used hard Expressions there against Mr Rowe L. C. J. Who was the Mortgage made to Mr Wigmore My Lord it was made to Dr Clenche for one hundred and twenty Pounds Mr Harrison Pray Sir will you tell the Jury how much Money the Gentlewoman had and if Mr. Row had not stept between me and her I had not been in Question Mr Wigmore Mrs Vanwicke acknowledged that the Money I paid her made up one hundred and twenty Pounds L. C. J. What did you hear the Prisoner say against
Dr Clenche Mr Wigmore My Lord I do say that he was very troublesome to the Doctor L. C. J. Were there any Reproaches cast upon the Doctor at that time Mr Wigmore No my Lord only upon Rowe because he was a Trustee Mr Darnell Did you hear him say any thing against the Doctor Mr Wigmore Indeed I cannot particularly say L. C. J. He is upon his Oath and he is sensible and understands the Question Mr. Wigmore He did say very ugly Words and when I met him afterwards in the High-way he was very hussy and I thought he would have drawn his Sword upon me L. C. J. What did he say of the Doctor Mr Wigmore I cannot say particularly what he said L. C. J. Stand down Mr Darnell Call Mr Thomas Johnson who was sworn and stood up Mr Darnell Sir Pray give the Court an Account what you know concerning this Matter Mr Johnson My Lord I believe I shall say nothing that Mr Harrison will contradict I was Attorny for Dr Clenche between him and Mrs Vanwicke and I sued Mr Rowe that was bound with Mrs Vanwicke in a Bond to perform Covenants for re-payment of the Money lent her by Dr Clenche upon Mortgage and I advised the Dr. and told him don't let us trouble the Tenant but let us take Rowe first and I sued Rowe and had him arrested and after some time I saw that the Mortgage must do our business for Rowe could not pay the Money whereupon I caused a Declaration in Ejectment to be delivered against Mrs Vanwick's Tenant of the House Mortgaged by her to Dr Clenche and then Mr Harrison came to me and he expressed himself against the Dr after a strange rate and laid his Hand upon his Sword so my Lord I said to him what a Fool do you make of your self must none go to Law but they must ask you leave I suppose Mr Harrison cannot deny this Then Mr Harrison preferred a Petition to the Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal for Mrs Vanwicke and thereby suggested to their Lordships that she was wronged in the Purchase and in the Mortgage Money and that twenty Pounds of it was a former debt of her Husbands and he finding she could have no Relief before them without payment of the Mortgage Money he grew troublesome yet says I Mr Harrison What she hath done I cannot help but if she would pay the rest I told him I would abate her twenty Pounds and the Interest Money also Mr Darnell Pray Sir did the Dr desire you to act for him in your own Name because he had no mind to meet with Mrs Vanwicke and the Prisoner Mr Johnson The Doctor did find himself too deeply concerned with them and he did not care to have to do with them whether it was that he was afraid of his Life I cannot say but he said to me Pray Sir go on I will put all into your hands and I will trust you with all the Affair and let them come to you and not trouble me own it to be your own and I told him I feared none of them and the Doctor gave out that he had made over all to me although he had not and upon this I fear comes this unfortunate Business and the Doctor 's Lady must look after it her self L. C. J. What did he say when he had laid his Hand upon his Sword in your Study Mr Johnson He said the Dr. had cheated the Widdow and he said that he would be revenged on him as near as my Memory will serve me I suppose he will not deny it whether he did this in a Passion or to affright the Doctor or no I cannot tell L. C. J. Was that before you offered to abate the twenty Pounds Mr Johnson It was before I offered to abate it Mr Harrison How long was it before Dr Clenche was murthred Mr Johnson I think it was about a Fortnight or three Weeks or a little more Mr Harrison I never threatned the Doctor in my Life but I said Rowe had been a Villain and a Cheat and he and Rowe were the Men and I shall make it appear that the Dr never wrong'd the Widdow L. C. J. How came Rowe to be intrusted or concerned with the Money Mr Johnson My Lord Mr Cornelius Vandinanker a Merchant gave a Legacy of five hundred Pounds to the Widdow Vanwicke and her Children and Mr Rowe was a Trustee on the Purchase and had by that the management of the Affair Mr. Darnell Call Mr. George Howard Who being Sworn stood up Mr. Darnell Mr. Howard Give the Court an Account of what you know concerning the Prisoner's threatning Dr. Clenche Mr. Howard My Lord I was at Joe's Coffee-house near Warwick-House in Holborn some considerable time before Dr. Clenche was Murdred where Mr. Harrison used several very virulent Expressions against Dr. Clenche amongst others one was That he was a Rogue and a Rascal and deserved to have his Throat Cut. Mrs. Vanwick was then in Company and they both said That they then came from Dr. Clenche's Mr. Darnell You are sure he said that Dr. Clenche deserved to have his Throat Cut. Mr. Howard Yes He said That Dr. Clenche deserved to have his Throat Cut. Mr. Harrison Who was I talking to Mr. Howard You were talking to Mrs. Mary Sheriff Mr. Darnell Call Mrs. Mary Sheriff Who was Sworn and stood up Mrs. Sheriff My Lord Mrs. Vanwick came to my House with Mr. Harrison and desired me to go with her to Dr. Clenche his House and when we came there she desired him to let her have Twenty Pounds more and he said No. If his House were full of Money he would not lend her any more so long as she kept Mr. Harrison Company for he would spend it and he advised her to be a Gentleman's House-keeper and he would help her to a Place and told her withal That she owed him One Hundred and Twenty Pounds for which he would take One Hundred Pounds and we left Mr. Harrison behind us at my House and did not take him with us because we were afraid he might anger the Doctor and fall out with him so when we came back Mr. Harrison asked Mrs. Vanwick what Dr. Clenche said Why says she he saith That he will not lend me any more Money while I keep you Company for you will spend it and that I must go to Service To Service said Mr. Harrison God damne him have a Person of your Quality go to Service he deserves to have his Throat Cut let me alone I 'll manage him as never any Man was managed and so away they went together Mr. Harrison Did not you say that as you hop'd to be sav'd that I was Innocent of the Thing L. C. J. She does not Accuse you of doing the Fact but gives an Account of some Expressions that passed from you Mrs. Sheriff You were always talking against Dr Clenche and you said God damne him he was an Old Rogue and that
Mrs. Vanwick was almost Starved to Death Mr. Harrison Rowe Rowe I meant my Lord. The Prisoner being then in a Passion L. C. J. Mr. Harrison do not fall into a Passion it may be more to your Advantage in the making your Defence if you keep your Temper L. C. J. Witness What were the Words that he said against Doctor Clenche Mrs. Sheriff Why he speaking of Doctor Clenche said to Mrs. Vanwick God damne him would he have a Person of your Quality go to Service he deserves to have his Throat Cut well Madam says he be contented I 'll manage him as never any Man was managed Mr. Harrison What had you for your Swearing Coroner for the King and Queen Witness he asketh you if you had any thing for your Swearing against him Mrs. Sheriff No I had nothing neither have I need of any thing I had not so much as my Coach-hire Mr. Darnell Call Mrs. Elizabeth West Mr. Darnell Mistress give an Account to the Court what you know about the Prisoner's coming to demand Rent of you and what passed Mrs. West May it please your Lordship this Gentleman the Prisoner came to me two or three Days before St. Thomas his Day last and desired me to give him some Rent for Mrs. Vanwick and I told him I had no Power to Pay him because I was warned by Dr. Clenche to Pay no more says he to me again Dr. Clenche and Rowe are great Rogues and great Villains Sir says I to him again I believe that the Doctor is a very honest Man No says Mr. Harrison he is a great Villain and he will never Die in his Bed which of them he meant Mr. Rowe or Dr. Clenche I cannot tell And Mrs. Vanwick and Mr. Harrison a little time before that pressed me to let them have some Shop Goods in part of her Rent to grow due and she made great Complaint that her Children were ready to Starve and I then told them that Mr. Johnson had fore-warned me to pay any more Rent to Mrs. Vanwick and if I did I should pay it again and therefore I would not pay any more Rent to her or deliver her any Goods until she had agreed with Mr. Johnson and then Mr. Harrison said that Mr. Johnson was a great Villain and a great Rogue and that they had all Combined together to Cheat the Widow And Mr. Johnson being at my House Mrs. Vanwick fell upon him in a great Rage and said she would Tear his Throat out and laid hold on him and Mr. Johnson got from her and went away in great haste And the last time I saw Dr. Clenche I pressed very hard upon him to let Mrs. Vanwick have more Money and the Doctor said that she would never do any good with it for she spent it all upon Mr. Harrison and I wished him to let her have Twenty Pounds more and he said that he advised her to go to Service and that he had wished her to a Service of Twenty Pounds a Year and she abused him for it L. C. J. What Cloathes had the Prisoner on Mrs. West My Lord he had an Old Thread-hare black Cloth Suit of Cloaths on which looked very shabby Mr. Harrison What Religion are you of Mistress Mrs. West I was born and bred up a Protestant Mr. Harrison I believe you are a Papist and will Swear any thing you keep Roman Catholicks in your House they have Murdred Dr. Clenche for ought I know L. C. J. Did Mr. Harrison ever Lodge in your House Mrs. West No my Lord I have none but Persons of Quality Lodge in my House and they belong to the present Government Mr. Darnell Call Anne Watson Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Pray tell my Lord and the Jury what you know of Mr. Harrison's taking of Lodgings at Mr. Garway's House and when it was Anne Watson He came about Six a Clock at Night the Day before Christmas-Eve last to my Master's Mr. Garway's House and told us that he was newly come out of the Country and Lodged there that Night and so he did until and upon the last Night of December and on the first Day of January he went out and staid out that Night and on the Sunday the third of January last at Night he came again with a Person with him and fetch'd away his Portmanteau-Trunk and things and paid for his Lodging and in his absence there was a Letter left for him which I gave him and he said it came out of the Country and that he had a Friend sick in the Country and did intend to go down to see him being one from whom he expected a Legacy and he left that Letter on the Kitchin Window and on the Monday after being the fourth Day of January last he sent a Letter signifying he was gone out of Town Then the Letter was produced Marked with the Penny-Post Mark. Mr. Darnell Who knows Mr. Harrison's Hand Mr. Johnson take that Letter and look upon it and tell the Court if you think it to be Mr. Harrison's Hand Mr. Johnson takes the Letter and looks upon it Mr. Johnson My Lord I believe it to be Mr. Harrison's Hand Mr. Darnell My Lord I desire that the Letter may be read L. C. J. Mr. Clerk of the Peace read the Letter and the Subscription first Clerk of the Peace reads To Mrs. Garraway at the Hand and Apple in Thread-Needle-Street near the Royal-Exchange Present Mrs. Garraway I Am sorry it should be such an inconveniency to you as it is I have left with your Maid Three Half Crowns and if it is not enough I will give you more I am gone out of Town for a Week or Ten Days and as soon as I come again I will wait on you which is all till I see you from Your Friend and Servant H. Harrison 4th of Jan. 1691. Mr. Darnell Call Mr. Henry Garway and his Wife Who were called and Sworn Mr. Darnell Mrs. Garway take that Letter and look upon it and tell the Court when you received it Then She takes the Letter which was produced and read as before and looked upon it Mrs. Garway My Lord I received this Letter on Monday the 4 th Day of January last L. C. J. Watson When did he leave the Lodgings say you Anne Watson He went away the first of January last about Nine a Clock in the Morning and returned not that Night but on the second of January last he was at my Mistress's Shop again as my Mistress told me and he came about five a Clock on the next Sunday Night being the third of January last with a Person with him to my Master's House and fetch'd away his Portmanteau-Trunk and Things and left Three Half Crowns with me for his Lodgings which I gave to my Mistress Mr. Darnell Call Mrs. Catharine Jackson Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Pray tell my Lord and the Jury what you know concerning Mr. Harrison's coming to Lodge at Mr. Garway's and when he went away
a Cloak on but I cannot tell what Cloaths he had under it he brought my Gown up under his Cloak Mr. Darnell Swear Esther King Who was Sworn Mr. Darnell Do you know what time Mr. Harrison was at Mr. Humston's Lodgings Esther King It was on Monday the Fourth day of January last about Nine of the Clock at Night as near as I can guess the Shop was shut up and I let him out Mr. Darnell Where was it Esther King At the Golden Key in Fleet-street over against Fetter-Lane End Mr. Darnell What Cloaths had he on Esther King I cannot tell well but he had a Cloak on I do not know what Cloaths he had on besides Mr. Harrison Was it Eight or Nine a Clock Esther King It was near Nine as near as I can guess Mr. Darnell Swear John Sikes the Coachman Which was done Mr. Darnell Give an Account to the Court what you know about carrying two Men in your Coach and how you found Dr. Clenche murdered John Sikes Coachman My Lord on the 4th of January last being Monday I was at the Play-house and there I took up a Man and a Woman and carried them into the City so I brought the Gentleman back again to the Green Dragon Tavern in Fleet-street and then he said he would pay me by the hour he said that it was but much about Nine a Clock Then I left him and was driving up the Street towards the Temple and two Men stood in Fleet-street about Fetter-Lane End and they asked me if I knew Dr. Clenche who Dwelt in Brownelowe-street in Holbourn I told them that I did not know Dr. Clenche but I knew the Street So they went into my Coach and one of them bad me Drive thither and I did and stopt at the Streets End because the Gate at the other End was shut so that I could not turn my Coach And one of them bad me go and tell the Dr. That there were two Gentlemen in a Coach at the Streets End that would desire him to go with them to see one that was not Well The Doctor asked me if I could tell Who they were Or who it was that he was to go to I told him that I could not tell The Doctor was in his Night-Gown and Slippers and he Dressed himself And when he came to the Coach one of them removed from his Place and gave him the hinder-part of the Coach and told him That they had a Friend that was not Well And one of them bad me Drive to Leaden-Hall-Market and when I came about Holborn-Bars one of them called to me and asked me Why I drove so slowly And bad me drive faster so I Drove fast and came to Leaden-hall And then one of them bad me drive to the Pye Tavern without Aldgate and there Ordered me to stop And when I had stopped there one of them called to me and told me that I need not stir out of my Coach-Box but call to the Boy at the Tavern and ask for one Hunt a Chyrurgeon which I did do And when the Boy came to me again he said there was no such Man Then one of them bad me Drive back again to Leaden-hall and in the time I stayed there and turned my Coach Aldgate was shut and when I came to the Gate one of them gave Six Pence to the Watch and the Gate was opened and I drove to Leaden-hall Gate And when I came there I stopped again and one of them gave me Half a Crown and bad me go and buy a Fowl of one Hunt a Poulterer but after I had gone a little way from the Coach he called me again and said Here Coachman you had as good take an other Shilling and buy a Couple So I went and bought a couple of Fowls but I could find no such Poulterer as Hunt so I bought them of another and I gave three Shillings for them And when I came back to the Coach side I found Dr. Clenche as I thought sitting against the Fore-seat with his Head against the Cushion I pull'd him and cried Master Master for I thought he had been in Drink but I could not get one word from him and then I went to the Watch who were near and when they came we found him Strangled with a Handcherchief about his Neck and a Coal in it placed just upon his Wind-Pipe but the other two Men were gone L. C. J. Had one of the two Men a Cloak on J. Sikes I cannot remember that L. C. J. What kind of Habit had he Had he black Cloaths on J. Sikes My Lord I cannot tell justly what Cloaths he had L. J. C. You have heard him speak What said he J. Sikes My Lord he never spoke to me it was the other Man Mr. Harrison What kind of Man was the other Was he less than I or taller J. Sikes He was taller than you with his own Hair Mr. Darnell Can you be positive that the Prisoner at the Bar is one of those two Persons J. Sikes My Lord one of those two Persons had a Perriwig on of a Light coloured Hair And I do verily believe that the Prisoner at the Bar is the same Person I cannot be positive he is one of them but as near as I can judge of a Man whom I have seen but once he is one of them Mr. Harrison My Lord I desire your Lordship to observe the time that he took the two Men up and what time it was that they ran out of the Coach L. C. J. Coachman what time was it that they left your Coach J. Sikes About half an hour past Ten and it was about a quarter of an hour past Nine when I took them up Mr. Darnell Pray let 's ask the Coachman one thing more Coachman Look upon that Handcherchief do you know it and where did you see it The Handkerchief was produced by the Coroner J. Sikes I do believe that it is the same Handkerchief that was about Dr. Clenche's Neck when he was found Murdered L. C. J. Call the Coachman again Harke you In what Posture did you find Dr. Clenche when you came back to your Coach J. Sikes My Lord he was sat in the Bottom of the Coach leaning on one side with his head against the Cushion L. C. J. Was a Handkerchief then about his Neck J. Sikes Yes my Lord I untied this Handkerchief and this is the same and here is the Coal that was lapt in it It was lapt in the middle of it and it laid just against the Doctor 's Wind-Pipe Mr. Darnell Call Mr. Rebone and Mr. Marriot Who were Sworn Mr. Darnell Mr. Rebone tell what you know concerning the Handkerchief and how you found the Doctor He takes the Handkerchief and looks on 't Mr. Rebone This Handkerchief was about the Doctor 's Neck and the Coal in it and it lay just upon his Wind-pipe when I saw him Dead in the Coach The Coachman came to Mr. Marriot's House and ask'd for a
Informant says that according to the best of his remembrance that he heard him talk of a Poulterers and this Informant says that soon after the Coachman was gone into the Market this Informant saw two Persons go out of the Coach one whereof had as this Informant believes a black Coat on and that this Informant saw the same Person as soon as he came out of the Coach fling a Cloak over him and then both the Persons went through the Market on the west part And this Informant saith that this Informant going to look into the Coach the Person that had the Cloak on him cry'd Dam him and this Informant saith that he this Informant thereupon going away went to Mr. Parker's and told them that two Persons had cheated a Coachman or to that effect Andrew Bowsell being further Examined the 23th day of January 1691. touching the Death of Andrew Clench saith that he hath seen Henry Harrison now Prisoner in Their Majesties Goal of Newgate and believes he was one of the Persons that came out of the Coach at Leaden-hall a little after ten of the Clock at Night on Monday the 4th of this Instant January and believes he knows him by his Voice And soon after this Informant understood that the said Andrew Clench was murther'd in a Coach being the fame Coach which the said Harrison and another Person unkown a little before went out of L. C. J. Mr. Harrison what have you to say against that which hath been proved against you what defence can you make Mr. Harrison My Lord I did attend Dr. Clench about a Mortgage that was made him by Mrs. Vanwick and Dr. Clench did pay one Hundred Pounds but this Gentlewoman would pay or allow Rowe but Fifteen Pounds and we did not know how to get the Money from Rowe so we Petition'd the Lords Commissioners about it which was above Six Months before Doctor Clench was Murther'd and Mr. Fairbeard wonder'd that I would put Doctor Clenche's Name into a Petition with such a Rogue as Rowe and I do positively say that I had not seen Dr. Clench in a Month before and if Doctor Clench had died in his Bed it had been the same thing to me and my Lord Mr. Johnson and I had never any angry words between us and I have the Report in Chancery which I had from Sir John Hoskins which I will read if your Lordship pleases L. C. J. Let 's see it Which was handed to the Lord Chief Justice Sitting upon the Bench. Mr. Harrison My Lord that is the Original which if your Lordship pleases to remember I had Rowe before you twice about it and it is Rowe that hath been the Rogue and therefore what occasion had we to be angry with Doctor Clench Then the Report was perus'd by the Lord Chief Justice and return'd to him L. C. J. Mr. Harrison this will do you no good not being to the present purpose therefore proceed in your defence Mr. Harrison Now my Lord I have some Witnesses to prove where I was at the time that the Coachman says the Murther was done Cryer call Thomas Turner a Porter and Mr. Maccaffee Who appeared but were not Sworn and were Examined apart at the Request of Mr. Darnell the Kings and Queens Councell Mr. Harrison My Lord I shall prove by these Witnesses that I was elsewhere when the Coach-man said he took up those two Men a little after Nine-a-Clock Pray Mr. Turner give an Account to the Court what time it was I called you to carry my Trunk Tho. Turner My Lord I was about Seven of the Clock in the Evening the 4th Day of January last at the Two Kings and Key in Fleet-street over against Salisbury-Court and I was told that a Gentleman at Joe's Coffee-house in Salisbury-Court wanted a Porter and I presently went to him thither and it was this Mr. Harrison and he bad me take up his Trunk which I did and carried it to the Two Kings and Key and he went with me And he asked me to get some Linnen wash'd for him against the next Day at Noon and he gave me some Linnen which I carried to my Wife to wash for him and return'd to him again presently and I went with him from thence and carry'd his Trunk to his Lodgings in Paul's Church-yard and when I had deliver'd his Trunk I left him there and then it was about Eight of the Clock at Night L. C. J. At whose House was it you deliver'd the Trunk Tho. Turner My Lord it was at Mr. Jones's House in Paul's Church-yard L. C. J. And did he stay within Tho. Turner No my Lord he went out presently after me L. C. J. Were you any where else with him that Night besides at the places you have mentioned Tho. Turner No my Lord. Mr. Harrison My Lord I will prove that Mr. Humston mistakes an Hour Mr. Humston I cannot mistake an Hour because the Shop is shut up about Nine-a-Clock and it was shut when you came first to my Lodgings Mr. Harrison My Lord there stands in Court one Thomas Johnson Apprentice to Mr. Pemmel he can tell what time a-night it was I came to Mr. Humston's he let me in I desire he may be call'd Mr. Darnell Swear Thomas Johnson Who was sworn L. C. J. What time of the Night was it that Mr. Harrison came to speak with Mr. Humston on that Night Dr. Clenche was murder'd Tho. Johnson My Lord on the 4th of January last at Night Mr. Harrison came to my Master's House and knock'd at the Door and I went to the Door and open'd it for I had shut up the Shop and he ask'd me if Mr. Humston was within And I told him he was And he came in and went up to Mr. Humston's Chamber and it was then about Nine of the Clock as near as I can guess L. C. J. Where is your Master's House Tho. Johnson My Lord it is the Golden Key in Fleet-street over against Fetter-lane end Mr. Harrison Pray call Adam Maccaffee Mr. White Mr. Carden and John Allen. Who appear'd And Mr. Maccaffee stood up Mr. Maccaffee Upon Monday the 4th Day of January last the Prisoner was at my House and stay'd from Nine a-Clock till past Eleven and play'd at Cards with one Mr. Baker and one Mr. White and his Wife and he stay'd till it had struck Eleven-a-Clock L. C. J. Where is your House Sir Mr. Maccaffee My House is in Chancery-Lane over against Serjeants-Inn L. C. J. Did he tell you where he had been before Mr. Maccaffee He said that he had been towards the City and was very cold L. C. J. Did he say any thing of Mr. Humston Mr. Maccaffee No my Lord. Mr. Darnell Pray What Room were you in Did you play at Cards in the Kitchen Mr. Maccaffee Yes Mr. Darnel Were they up Stairs Mr. Maccaffee No my Lord. Lord Mayor At what time a-night did they come in Mr. Maccaffee Betwixt Nine and Ten-a-Clock my Lord. L. C. J. What
last Sessions I told Mrs. Clench of it and that if she would send for the Young Woman she would inform her further of it L. C. J. Madam Pray what was the reason that she did not Discover it sooner to Mrs. Clench Mrs. Anwell Why truly because Mrs. Ashbolt her Mother was unwilling she should concern her self in such a Matter Mr. Darnell Call another Witness Mr. Jones Coachmaker who was sworn Mr. Harrison Pray my Lord take notice that now she says that those Gentlmen had Cloaks on that came in the Coach to Brownlow-street end L. C. J. Yes we heard her what she said Mr. Darnell My Lord I will ask this Witness Mr. Jones a Question Mr. Darnell Pray Sir tell my Lord and the Jury what Mrs. Ashbolt did at Newgate Mr. Jones My Lord I went with her to Newgate together with Doctor Clench his Coachman and when she came to Newgate before she saw Mr. Harrison only stood at the Chamber Door and hoard him speak she said that to the best of her thoughts he was the man that put his Head out of the Coach to look after the Coachman and Swore at him for she knew his Voice And when she came to see him she said that she knew his Face and Declared that was the Man that put his Head out of the Coach L. C. J. Did he look out of the Coach Mrs. Ashbolt Mrs. Ashbolt Yes my Lord he put his head out of the Coach and look'd after the Coach-man to see if he went Right to Doctor Clench's Door and did swear at him because he went no faster L. C. J. How could you discern his Face Mrs. Ashbolt By the Light of two Lamps that were near which did shine into the Coach L. C. J. Can you take it upon your Oath that the Prisoner is the same Person Mrs. Ashbolt Yes my Lord I can both by his Voice and Face Mr. Darnell Now my Lord we shall shew your Lordship somewhat in Relation to the Credit of those Witnesses that the Prisoner hath brought here Particularly as to Mr. Baker we shall prove that he hath been Convicted for a Cheat. And as for Maccaffee he keeps a very disorderly House where ill People commonly resort Mr. Darnell Cryer Call Mrs. Martha Whelstead and Mr. Thomas Cole L. C. J. Mrs. Jones what time did Mr. Harrison come to your House to his Lodging that Night that the Murder was committed Mrs. Jones I think it was about Eleven a Clock or a little before Eleven L. C. J. What time on the Monday did he hire the Lodging of you Mrs. Jones It was sometime after Dinner L. C. J. It was before Night was it not Mrs. Jones Yes my Lord it was before Night Mr. Darnell My Lord I desire that Mr. Tanner may Read the Record against Mr. Baker whereby it will appear that he was Indicted and Convicted at Hixes-hall for Cheating the Parish of St. Giles in Middlesex when he was Scavenger there by altering the Figures in the Book and Rateing the Sums of Money Higher upon divers of the Parishioners than they were in the Parish Book and then Collecting and extorting the Money so by him increased from them Mr. Tanner Reads the Indictment aforesaid by which it did appear to the Court and to the Jury that the said Mr. Baker was Indicted for the Offence aforesaid and confessed the Indictment and was fined for it twenty Shillings Mr. Baker My Lord I was wrongfully Indicted and Traversed the Indictment and was acquitted L. C. J. Mr. Tanner give me the Record Lord Chief Justice peruses the Record Mr. Baker I have Read the material parts of the Record and do find that you were Indicted for that offence and that you confessed the Indictment and were fined for it Mr. Baker My Lord I was acquitted of it and can prove it by Captain Cannon who knows me and my Reputation and he is in Court L. C. J. Mr. Baker the Record testifieth the Truth and cannot erre therefore you have great Confidence to aver against it yet I will hear what Captain Cannon saith Mr. Baker Call Captain Cannon who appeared L. C. J. Capatin Cannon do you know this Mr. Baker Captain Cannon Yes my Lord very well Mr. Darnell My Lord I desire that Captain Cannon may be sworn L. C. J. Mr. Tanner Swear Captain Cannon who was sworn L. C. J. Sir do you know that Mr. Baker was Indicted for falsifying of the Scavengers Book when he was Scavenger and Acquitted or Convicted and what do you know about it Captain Cannon My Lord I am an Inhabitant of the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields and so I was when Mr. Baker was Scavenger and do well remember thas some of the Inhabitants of that Division whereof he was Scavenger were troubled and complained that they were charged more than usually they had been to the Scavengers Rate and it was discover'd that several Figures of the Book by which Mr. Baker Collected the Money to the Scavengers Rate were blotted and altered and did not agree with the Parish Leadger-Book but the Sums in his Book so blotted and altered were raised whereupon it was ordered that he should be Indicted for it and it was done accordingly and he was Fined for it and to the best of my Remembrance he confessed that Indictment L. C. J. Captain Cannon Pray tell the Court and the Jury of what Reputation Mr. Baker is now Captain Cannon My Lord he is now of none of the clearest Reputations Captain James Partrich of the same Parish being in Court offered himself and gave the same Account of Mr. Baker that Captain Cannon did Mr. Darnel Crier Call Mr. Francis Brampton Mrs. Martha Whelstead and Mr. Thomas Cole And Mrs. Whelstead and Mr. Cole appeared and were sworn Mr. Darnel Mrs. Whelstead pray give the Court and Jury an Account what disorderly House Mr. Maccaffee keeps Mrs. Whelstead My Lord I dwell in Crown-Court in Chancery-Lane over against Mr. Maccaffee's House and he and she are very ill People and keep a very evil and scandalous House and such as are reputed to be House-breakers Pick-pockets and Lewd-women do use and frequent the House and there is commonly at late hours in the Night Persons calling out Murder and Whore and Rogue and such sort of Language disturbing their Neighbours and their House hath been several times searched by several Constables for stollen Goods and for the Persons that have stolen them and upon such Searches there have been stolen Goods found there And I have seen great Lewdness there between Men and Women and the Neighbours do account it a House of an ill Fame and do avoid going thither Mr. Tho. Cole My Lord I do know Mr. Maccaffee and his Wife I do dwell over against his House and they are reputed to keep an ill House and most Persons that frequent it are reputed to be Persons of lewd and evil Lives and Conversations and it is amongst the Neighbourhood noted for a scandalous House
of September bring up the body of John Cole to the Sessions Pouse in the Old-Baily London who being at the Bar was Arraigned upon an Indictment of Felony and Murther found against him by the Grand-Jury of the City of London for the Murther of Dr. Andrew Clenche Clerk of Arraignment JOhn Cole hold up thy Hand Which he did You stand Indicted by the Name of John Cole of London Labourer for the Murther of Dr. Andrew Clenche c. and the Indictment is in such manner as that against Mr. Henry Harrison How say you John Cole are you Guilty of the Felony and Murther whereof you stand Indicted or not Guilty Joen Cole Not Guilty Cl. of Ar. Culprist How will you be Tryed John Cole By God and my Country Cl. of Ar. God send you a good Deliverance And afterwards the said John Cole was brought to the Bar upon his Tryal and those Persons who were returned upon the Jury were called over twice and their Appearances recorded Cl. of Ar. You John Cole These Men that you shall hear call'd and personally do appear are to pass between our Sovereign Lord and Lady the King and Queen and you upon Tryal of your Life and Death if therefore you will challenge them or any of them your time is to challenge them as they come to the Book to be Sworn and before they be Sworn Then the Jury were call'd and Sworn and thâ—n were counted and the Twelve Sworn were these whose names follow JVRORS John Clay Edward Sherlock John Ruddyer Cuthbert Lee Thomas Watson Thomas Milburne Ben. Evens George Bestow Archibauld Wilson Thomas Applebury Nicholas Harris Ralph Cates Sworn Then Proclamation was made for Information and Evidence as usual Cl. of Ar. John Cole Hold up thy Hand Which he did Gentlemen You that are Sworn look upon the Prisoner and hearken to his Cause He stands Indicted by the Name of John Cole late of London Labourer c. as in the Indictement Upon this Indictment he hath been Arraigned and thereunto hath pleaded not Guilty and for his Tryal hath put himself upon God and his Country which Country you are Your Charge is to enquire whether he be Guilty of this Felony and Murther whereof he stands Indicted or not Guilty If you find that he is Guilty you are to enquire what Goods or Chattels Lands or Tenements he had at the time of the Felony and Murther Committed or at any time since If you find him not Guilty you are to enquire whether he fâ—ed for it if you find that he fled for it you are to enquire of his Goods and Chattles as if you found him Guilty if you find him not Guilty nor that he did fly for it you are to say so and no more and hear your Evidence Cl. of Ar. Cryer Call Mary Milward Joseph Dueley John Dueley Jane Warren Sarah Dueley Anne Gann Anne Gesson Anne Warren Elizabeth Harper Mary Edwards John Gamble John Sykes Robert Robone Richard Eades Richard Marryott Samuel Reveâ— Henry Milward Squire Dalley William Brown Francis Hobbs Who were all Sworn Cl. of Ar. Set Mary Milward up Mr. Justice Dolben What have you to say Woman against Cole the Prisoner concerning the Murther of Dr. Clenche Mrs. Milward My Lord my Husband declar'd to me that he and Mr. Cole were in the Coach with Dr. Clenche and that they two kill'd Dr. Clenche Mr. J. Dolben That 's no Evidence at all what your Husband told you that won't be good Evidence if you don't know somewhat of your own knowledge Mrs. Milward My Lord I have a great deal more that my Husband told me to declare Mr. J. Dolben That won't do what if your Husband had told you that I kill'd Dr. Clenche what then That will stand for no Evidence in Law We ought by the Law to have no Man call'd in question but upon very good Grounds and good Evidence upon Oath and that upon the Verdict of twelve good Men. Have you any body that can prove any thing against Cole or does it all arise barely from your Husband's Report Mrs. Milward My Husband declared that he and Mr. Cole were to go under a pretence to Rob the Doctor and so to take their Opportunity to kill him and the first time they call'd at Doctor Clenche's he was not within but the second time they went he was within and then they did the Murther Mr. Justice Powel When dy'd your Husband Mistriss Mrs. Milward The 23 d. of May last Sir Mr. J. Dolben Here hath been two or three Sessions since that time why did not you take up Cole about it before now Mrs. Milward I did not know where to find him Mr. J. Dolben Why then you should have gone to a Magistrate and told him of it and have taken some advice about it Mrs. Milward I did assoon as I had found Mr. Cole Mr. J. Dolben Your business had been to have discover'd this to Mrs. Clenche and she should have look'd after Cole is Mrs. Clenche here Sir Will. Ashurst Here is her Brother-in-Law Mr. J. Dolben Do you prosecute Cole upon this Indictment Mr. Wise No my Lord I do not Mrs. Milward is the Prosecutor and she charged Mr. Cole with the Murther of my Brother Dr. Clenche and she told my Sister Clenche that Mr. Milward her Husband confessed and said sometime before his Death that he and Mr. Cole Murther'd Dr. Clenche in a Coach and Mrs. Milward said That she had sufficient Evidence against Mr. Cole for it and my Sister Clenche told Mrs. Milward that Mr. Harrison Murther'd Dr. Clenche in a Coach together with another Person which my Sister Clenche said she believed was the said Mr. Milward Husband of the said Mrs. Milward and that she had a Warrant against him the said Mr. Milward upon Suspicion for it but could not take him and that she suspected that there were other Persons contrivers or concerned in it who were set down at the Blue-Boar's Head Ale-House near Clements-Inn by Mr. Gamble a Coach-man out of his Coach together with the said Mr. Milward in their return from Dr. Clenche's House that Night he was Murder'd and my Lord by my Sister Clenche's Order I went with Mrs. Milward to all her Witnesses and took Notes of their Evidence and I went with several of them to my Lord Chief Justice Holt's Chamber before whom they gave in their Informations upon Oath about it and when I had done it I told Mrs. Milward I could find no Evidence that she had against Mr. Cole more than that he was at Dr. Clenche's House and at the said Blue-Boar's-head Ale-house with Mr. Milward and another Person that Night Dr. Clenche was Murdred and so he might be concern'd in the contrivance of it whereupon Mrs. Milward was dissatisfied and said she was not able to Prosecute him for it so my Sister said to Mrs. Milward that she might if she would preferr an Indictment against him for it and that she would pay for it and
other Charges about it which she did and Mrs. Milward hath a Note of the Names of all her Witnesses and may call them Sir Rob. Clayton Did not you lie at Cole's House Mistress Mrs. Milward Yes Sir I did Mr. J. Dolben Why did not you take him then Mrs. Milward Because he absconded himself and gave out that he was gone to Sea Mr. J. Dolben Was there no quarrel betwixt Cole and you about your Goods Mrs. Milward No my Lord I had no quarrel with him Mr. J. Dolben Because you did not do it sooner have you not been troubled with your Husbands Ghost Tell the Jury the story we have heard on 't but I am afraid they will Laugh at you Mrs. Milward That was very true my Lord. Mr. J. Dolben Well if you have any thing else to say that is Material Speak otherwise my Brother and I are of opinion that what you have already offer'd is no Evidence Mrs. Milward My Lord here is a Coach-man or two that can acquaint your Lordship of the Matter of Fact better than I can Cl. of Ar. Cryer call John Gamble the Coach-man Who stood up Mr. J. Dolben You Coach-man do you know the Prisoner Mr. Gamble No my Lord I do not know him Mr. J. Dolben Look upon him do you know him or no. Mr. Gamble No truly my Lord I do not know him Mr. J. Dolben Why Look you Woman he does not know him you Coachman the story is well know therefore I ask you again upon your Oath if that Prisoner at the Bar be one of the three Persons that you carried to the Blue Boar's Head on the back-side of St. Clements that Night Dr. Clenche was Murder'd Mr. Gamble Indeed my Lord I cannot be positive whether he be one of them or no. I took up in Cheap-side three Men into my Coach and set one of them down at Grays Inn and drove the other two to Dr. Clenche's House that Night he was Murder'd and he was not at home and afterwards the Man I had set down came in again and I set them all down at the Blue Boar's-Head Ale-house near Clement's Inn Gate about Eight a Clock at Night Cl. of Arr Set up W. Brown Servant at the Blue Bear's-Head Mr. J. Dolben Hark you is this one of the three Men that the Coach Man set down at your Master's House that Night Dr. Clenche was Murder'd Will. Brown Yes my Lord it is Mr. J. Dolben What time did they come to your House Will. Brown They came about Eight a Clock at Night and this Man and the other stayed till after a Eleven a Clock only Milward went out and returned presently and then immediately he went out again which was before Nine a Clock and return'd not until Eleven a Clock or after Mr. J. Dolben What time was Dr. Clenche Kill'd Will. Brown About Ten a Clock or betwixt Ten and Eleven as I think Mr. J. Dolben Who went out first only Milward Will. Brown Only Mr. Milward my Lord but this Man stayed all the time till Eleven a Clock at Night and another who went by the Name of Harper as I am since informed Mr. J. Dolben Why then this Man could not be in the Coach when Dr. Clenche was Murdred so Harrison and Milward Kill'd the Doctor in all probability for he says this Man at the Bar and another stay'd at his Masters House till after Eleven a Clock Will. Brown My Lord when Milward came back he brought a Couple of Men with him in Soldiers Habit about Eleven of the Clock at Night Mrs. Milward My Husband told me that Mr. Cole and he went out of the House and left Mr. Harper behind Mr. J. Dolben But this Man Swears that the Prisoner did not go out of the House till Eleven a Clock at Night and they were set down about Eight of the Clock and Dr. Clenche was found Kill'd a little after Ten at Night and that Milward went out and then came in again about Eleven a Clock and brought two men with him 't is to be fear'd he had been Killing Dr. Clenche in that time have you any more to say if this man says true nothing can be said more Mrs. Milward Speak what was done when they came to drink the â—ot of Ale Mr. Brown Mr. J. Dolben I would fain know Mistress who set you on upon this business Is there not some Money promis'd you It was not the fear of your Husband's Ghost that put you upon it I am afraid Mrs. Milward I am much wronged my Lord I know nothing of any Money offer'd me Mr. J. Dolben What say you more Will. Brown My Lord Mr. Milward being at my Master's House that Night Dr. Clenche was Kill'd desired me to make a Fire in the same Room the next morning and that he would come again then and I made a Fire accordingly but he came not then nor afterwards at any time to my knowledge but on a Sunday Night about a Fortnight after came the Two Persons that came with Mr. Milward in the Coach to my Masters House that Night Dr. Clenche was Murdred and my Master being above stairs I sent him word that the Two men were there who were there that Night that the Doctor was Murdred and they Inquired for Mr. Milward saying he promised to meet them there and he not being there before my Master could come down they paid for the Pot of Drink and went away Mr. J. Dolben When they came together to the Blue-Boar's-head they had some evil design no doubt but if it be true that those Two men staid from Eight a Clock till Eleven then it could not be this Man that Murder'd Dr. Clenche but hark ye Fellow you say there were Three Persons whereof Cole was one and Milward the other who was the Third Will. Brown I do not know his Name my Lord otherwise than as I have since heard Mrs. Milward The other Man's Name was Harper Mr. J. Dolben You know nothing but what your Husband told you and 't is most probable that Harrison and he did the Murder for that it appears that the Prisoner at the Bar is not the Man that Kill'd the Doctor that 's plain Have you any more Mrs. Milward About a Fortnight after the Murder was done they came to inquire for my Husband at the Blue Boar's-head and whilst the Tapster went to tell his Master they left their Money for the Drink and went away and would not be seen Mr. J. Dolben What if they had run away what then If they were at the Blue-Boar when Dr. Clenche was Kill'd they could not Kill him Mrs. Milward His Master says that they were in the House and out of the House very often call Mr. Dalley the Master Who appear'd and stood up Mr. Dalley My Lord Two of them were not out of the House all the Night I am not positive that this is the Man that came in with Milward but those Two Men that came in with him
never went out at all until after Eleven a Clock at Night but only Milward went out between Eight and Nine and returned about Eleven a Clock Mr. J. Dolben What do you say to this Woman your Husband told you that the Prisoner was one of the Two this Witness cannot say he was one but says positively those Two men never went out till Eleven a Clock and from St. Clements Danes to Leaden-hall-street is not to go in and out they must take a great deal of time to go thither and back again Hark you Mr. Dalley you say that those Two men that Milward left never went out of your House till after Eleven a Clock you are sure on 't Mr. Dalley No my Lord they did not go out Mr. Wise Mrs. Milward hath Two Witnesses that can tell somewhat more of the matter concerning her Husband 's being concern'd in the Murder Mrs. Milward My Husband told me that the Coach-man took them up not far from Chancery-Lane end and that Mr. Cole laid hands upon the Dr. in the middle of Holbourn Cl. of Ar. Cryer Call John Sykes the Coach-man who stood up Mr. Sykes My Lord I took up Two men in Fleet-street about Fetter-Lane end Mr. J. Dolben What manner of men were they What Cloths had they on Mr. Sykes My Lord one of them had a Light Coloured Periwig on and the other was in Sad Colour'd Cloths and Lank Hair but I cannot be positive that this is one of them They Asked me if I knew Dr. Clenche of Brownlow-street I told them that I did not know the Dr. but I knew the Street and they bid me Drive thither and when I came to the Street's end they sent me to the Doctor 's House and bid me tell him that Two Gentlemen were at the Street's end in a Coach who desired him to go with them to one that was not well so the Doctor came presently after me and when he was in the Coach they bid me Drive to Leaden-hall street and when I came about Holbourn-Bars they bid me Drive faster and when I came to Leaden-hall-market they bid me Drive to Algate and I drove through the Gate to the Pye-Tavern and when I had turned my Coach they bid me Ask for one Hant a Chyrurgeon but he was not there and then I told them the Gate was shut and one of them put his Hand out of the Coach and gave the Watch-man Six Pence to open the Gate and then I drove back again to Leaden-hall-market and there they bid me stop again and one of them gave me Half a Crown to Buy a Fowl and I went a little way from the Coach and one of them call'd me back again and gave me a Shilling more and bid me bring a Couple and he bid me Ask for one Hunt a Poulterer I went all over the Market but I could find no such man so at length I bought the Fowls of another man and would have had the man gone with me to my Coach but he would not then I came to my Coach side and found the Door open and I found the Doctor sitting at the bottom of the Coach with his Head against the Cushion and the Two men gone and one of them seemed to be in drink when I took them up and I thought him to be that man fallen asleep and that the Doctor and the sober man were gone to the Person that was not well so then I call'd the Watch and found the Doctor dead and then it was about half an Hour after Ten a Clock at Night Mr. J. Dolben Then I Ask you was that one of the men Mr. Sykes I cannot say it my Lord I don't know him Mr. J. Dolben What time of Night was it that you took them up at Fetter Lane end Mr. Sykes It was about Nine a Clock somewhat after Mr. J. Dolben Why then they say that this man never stir'd out of the House from Eight a Clock till Eleven this man can't be concern'd Cl. of Ar. Set up John Dudley which was done Mrs. Milward Mr. Dudley What did my Husband say concerning the Doctor to you in the Country Mr. Dudley He came into the Country presently after the death of the Doctor and he sent for me and was very much concerned I Ask'd him what was the matter with him and he told me that he was come out of Town about the Murder of Dr. Clenche I told him that I hoped that he was no ways concerned in it he told me No but there was a Warrant out against him upon account that he Quarrell'd with the Coach-man that Night that he carried him to Dr. Clenche's and he said that Mr. Harrison had sent to him from Newgate and told him that he would give him Twenty Pounds if he could make his Tryal easie Mr. J. Dolben Mistress this makes it out that he told you one Story and to this Witness another which contradicts your Story fully he told him that he came away for fear and that he was Innocent of the Murder and since that he told you that he was Guilty Well what else did he say to you Mr. Dudley Mr. Dudley He was much concerned to enquire after the Gazettes and Letters if he were in them about the Doctor 's Murder and to enquire if Mr. Cole and Mr. Harper were taken up about it Mr. J. Dolben You hear what is said against you what do you say to it Mr. Cole Mr. Cole My Lord I know nothing of it Mr. J. Dolben No I doubt you do you were one of the Three that was set down on the back side of St. Clement's Church at the Blue-Boar's head where all things were Consulted Mr. Cole My Lord there was not one word spoke about the Killing of Dr. Clenche in my Company Mr. J. Dolben Were not you Acquainted with Milward Mr. Cole Yes my Lord. Mr. J. Dolben Were you not with Harrison Mr. Cole No my Lord I never saw him with my Eyes Mr. J. Dolben Well have you any more to say Mrs. Milward Call Mr. Hobbs who stood up Mr. Hobbs I met Mr. Milward in York-Buildings and he Asked me how I did and he went from me a little way and then came to me again and Ask'd me if I would drink So we went to the George in York-Buildings and there we drank a Pot or Two and he Ask'd me if I heard that he was Accused about the Murder of Dr. Clenche I told him No but he never told me any thing of this Man at the Barr. Mr. J. Dolben What was Milward Mr. Hobbs I do not know how he got his Living Mr. J. Dolben Have you any Body else Mistress Mrs. Milward No my Lord I know no more Mr. J. Dolben Gentlemen of the Jury Cole the Prisoner at the Bar stands Indicted for Murthering Dr. Clenche who as it now appears was Murther'd in a Coach by two Persons that were therein together with the Doctor The question now before you is whether Cole was one of these two Gamble the Coachman swears That the Night Doctor Clenche was killed he took up Three Men in Cheapside set one of them down at Gray's-Inn and drove on to Doctor Clenche's House the Doctor was not at home then the third Man came in again to the Coach and he drove to the Blew-Boar's-Head an Alehouse by Clement's-Inn and set those Three Men down there and 't was then about Eight of the Clock Sykes the Coachman swears he took up Two Men at Fetter-lane End in Fleetstreet and by their directions drove to Brownlow-street where the Doctor lived whom they got into the Coach and he drove as far as Aldgate and through the Gate and then came back to Leaden-Hall was sent by the Two Men in the Coach to buy a Fowl when he returned they were gone but the Doctor found Dead in the Coach and 't was now half an hour past Ten. The Question now as I said before is whether Cole the Prisoner at the Bar was one of these two men The Woman tells you Milward her Husband told her that he and Cole were in the Coach with Doctor Clenche and that they Two Kill'd Doctor Clenche She likewise tells you her Husband told her that Cole and her Husband went out from the Blew-Boars-Head near Clement's Inn and left only Harper behind The Court hath already declar'd to you that her Evidence being only what her Husband told her is no Evidence in Law to take away a Man's Life especially when it is single without any Circumstance to confirm it as here ' t is But that is not all there is a very great Evidence that what she says her Husband told her is false He told her she says that he and Cole went from the Blew-Boars-Head and Kill'd the Doctor leaving only Harper behind The Master of the House and his Servant Witnesses which she produceth both swear That her Husband went out alone and lest Two Men behind who both staid in the House till Milward return'd which was about Eleven of the Clock The Master 't is true cannot say that Cole is one of the two but the Servant is very positive he is and both are Positive that the two Men that Milward left-behind continued in the House till Milward returned at Eleven of the Clock These Two Mens Depositions do plainly contradict her Story and if they swear true Cole the Prisoner was not one of the Persons that Kill'd the Doctor You have all heard I am sure that one Harrison hath been Convicted by a Jury in this Place for the Murther of Doctor Clenche If he was one of the two then Milward by his own Confession if his Wife swear true was the other but this you cannot take notice of the Record is not produced neither hath the Prisoner taken notice of it the Question is only whether Cole be Guilty of the Murther which I leave to you upon the Evidence you have heard The Jury having consider'd their Verdict returned That the Prisoner was not Guilty FINIS