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A70251 A true relation of the unjust accusation of certain French gentlemen (charged with a robbery of which they are most innocent) and the proceedings upon it, with their tryal and acquittance in the Court of Kings Bench in Easter term last published by Denzell Lord Holles. Holles, Denzil Holles, Baron, 1599-1680. 1671 (1671) Wing H2480; ESTC R28675 28,399 48

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They thought they were them and going into the Stable said They thought they knew one of the Horses They kept them there all the Thursday trying to get the Money from them which the Butchers had lost about 27 pound upon which condition they said they would let them go and not carry them before a Justice But they refusing it they then upon the Friday Morning carried them before Sir Francis Butler He examined them and heard the Accusation of the four Butchers without giving them their Oath And upon the bare saying of three of them One that those men were like those he saw upon the Road the other two that they did believe them to be those that robbed them He made his Mittimus and sent them to the Goal at Hartford whither they were compelled to walk on foot And when they came thither were presently put into Irons and laid in a low damp Room with scarce any light to it no Bed and only Straw to lie upon and so they lay from Friday the twelfth of November till the Sunday fortnight after seventeen dayes more like Dogs then Persons of any Quality And no body at London had known what had become of them if that Murrel whom I named before hearing them tell where they lodged in London had not of himself come and given notice at that House That their Guests were in Hartford Goal The Examination and the Mittimus follow Verbatim The Examination of Solomon Grace Drover Robert Simmons Robert Bellingham and Edward Lawrence Butchers all of the Parish of Edmondton in the County of Middlesex taken before me One of the Justices of Peace for the County of Hartford upon the 12 th of November 1669. Solomon Grace saith That he riding on the Road near Totternol saw five young men afoot with their Horses in their hands he suspecting them made haste from them and being got at a good distance stayed to let his Horse drink b●● seeing them coming towards him he galloped away and heard one of them say Farewel old man And looking about saw them all turn back towards Totternol Hill which was about a mile distance from him and saith That the Persons apprehended are very like those he saw upon the Road. Robert Simmons saith That on Monday being the eighth of November 1669. about three or four of the Cl ck in the Afternoon upon Totternol Hill in the Parish of Totternol he was robbed and had 27 pounds taken from him and believes the Persons now apprehended are the men which robbed him Robert Bellingham as to time and place agreeth with Robert Simmons and further saith That he and Robert Simmons and Edward Lawrence riding together espied five men coming towards them which they judged to be Thieves and therefore putting Spurs to their Horses thought to escape them by riding but two of them overtaking him one of the two clapt a Pistol to his Breast they searched him and finding no Money they took his Bridle and his Girdle and the other three pursued Robert Simmons And he verily believes that the black man which calls himself Adrian Lamperiere is the man that pulled the Bridle off his Horse Edward Lawrence saith He was in Company with Robert Simmons and Robert Bellingham on the forementioned day time and place and saw the five men which they suspected to be Thieves but being well horsed escaped The Examination of Paul Bovey Adrian Lamperier Iohn Boudandon Valentine Chivalier and Guinet Chateuneuf all French men taken before me One of His Majesties Justices of the Peace for the County of Hertford upon the 12 th day of November 1669. Paul Bovey saith That he is a Servant to One of My Lord Chamberlains Sons Mr. Edward Montacute but that he lodgeth at Mr. Munduglas his House in George Lane in Kings-street Westminster He saith he came to Hatfield upon the 11th of November 1669. with four of his Friends to see the Earl of Salisburies House And that on Monday before he and one of his Friends dined at the Scottish Ordinary in Bedfordbury and on Tuesday they all five dined in the same place Adrian Lamperier saith That he came into England the second of this Instant and that he lodgeth at one Sedgwick's a Barbers over against the Maypole in the Strand John Boudandon saith he came into England the 15th of August last and lodgeth in Long-Acre at a Semstress House over against the Castle and that he tradeth in Merchandize Valentine Chevalier lodgeth with Adrian Lamperier and came into England with him Guinet Chateauneuf lodgeth with Paul Bouey which Monsieur Bouey hired all the five Horses upon which they rode to Hatfield Sedgwick past his word for three of the Horses who lives in the Strand over against the May-pole and all but Bouey affirm they were not out of London since they came thither until the fore-mentioned 11th of November The Mittimus To the Keeper of his Majesties Gaol for the County of Hertford I Herewithall send you the Bodies of Paul Bouey Adrian de Lamperier John Boutandon Valentine Chevalier and Guinet Chateauneuf brought this day before me and charged with the Felonious taking away twenty seven pounds from Robert Simmons of Edmondton and rifling Robert Bellingham upon Totternol-hill on the 8th day of this instant November between three and four of the Clock in the afternoon These are therefore on the behalf of our Sovereign Lord the King to command you to receive the forenamed Paul Bouey Adrian Lamperier John Boutandon Valentine Chevalier and Guinet Chateauneuf and them safely to keep in your Gaole until they shall be thence delivered by due Order of Law hereof fail not Given under my Hand and Seal at Hatfield-Woodhall this 12th of November 1669 in the 21th year of his Majesties Reign Francis Boteler Mr. Sedgwick their Landlord presently sent his Son to Hertford to them and with him their Servant whom they had left in London And that Servant they sent back with a Letter to my Wife to let her know who and where they were with which she acquainted me upon the Monday-morning I being at that time sick in bed Whereupon I sent for Sedgwick who came to me immediately and brought with him the men of whom they had hired the Horses and his Son and as I remember a Servant of his He gave me an account of those Gentlemen assuring me they had not been out of London from the time of their coming thither till that Thursday And that he believed them to be very honest men they having carried themselves very civilly in his House And however That he would take his Oath they had not committed any Robbery upon Monday the 8th of November for he knew they were all that day in London which his Son and Servant likewise affirmed and the Men of whom the Horses were hired said they had them but that Thursday And he offered himself to be Bayl for them but said he could not possibly go thither to bayl them till the Wednesday Upon which