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Several Notorious Malefaétors, at 3. Seifions of
0 TEK and ‘T E K MI NERehoIden for V
  the City of LoNDoN,County of Z1/./it/clle.:fl:>x)and .
” Goa.l.De1iVery .Aof¢7\Cena(‘gzzte : Beginning 
  1 _6. 1653?; Endjngt the  of the fame Month. "

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. E 1 o  T036150’ with an Account of tiée proceeding: againfi tl2etRig/vt Honaraé/e we
  L ' ‘ Earl ofshaftsbury, dam’:/Je Lord Howard Baron afEfcreek. ’
7*’  . 177%?’ 4/fa afa Bill of High-Treafon, pre/entedto tbé G'rd77d-ffir]‘0f London,
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A} F,    N E Samuelltzmmy was Indiéifed fog having two W'ives,
: '    both beingalive at one iafid Jthe*r2v[I:lMét:ih:1em 5?-5 I\43“)'i“§
 1   the firfi inf1~?zzglar:zI, and_Lived with her for.t,he {Pace of
T    A    % three or four years, went beyond Sea :4 ‘w here ‘at Boflaiz in
‘_ e i t New-England, the perfonating a Knight of {hit (_70U“f1‘}’,
. and taking,hiso.Name upon him! Marrygd another, toohxs Iudnamcm,
J1€P1eadeg1 tGt;iI:y,fay~iz‘agf, M: Im 14/; W2fi’,,w1I0 fitafewrrw’, M W .06-
 f ocafiaiz of  Caézfiziitiiig that "?1"¢:94'0ny,% fo.r‘/}2c‘l?°o22t:r£zry to /9:3 ~I2:cZz';mtic27, T5272-
 §‘f6’J/W73 f0eM1W'rj‘ber, aizz!‘z%§¢it%’1d[l1el)4a’&:c}2 4 vantimml ‘T"’”’«"”’ "’ /99.” ‘"°'‘’?”
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  I/V:§lli4m‘Rtiefi4r;$fa,,5 and £WO'more;‘AbfoUg.hAt to the Bar. and

their Indi&fnent”§t*rehd.(Wfii'eh were ;m,;.,; :hey.Hoodi,Ifldti&i‘d 31' R05“

tiris on t;?ve»?*High~way)toe’chteirt'1naicie:::e~§; ‘:nteyea11‘1’1'éa<?€d Guilt»   .

   : ‘  Wi”éM?e3¢6*’7;’ta Yéixcli, ‘was Tiytedt‘ fofthe Murfiwring 0‘ °"<*- W1/* 

 A lizzm Clencbm/5% <51! ’.A!:hce4. i 5 b¥’j‘iz)ée'laFi'¥§“ ixhatit Sr._«73ame3'S M€"1<€f.‘3f'£-er 1

 ’ < this manner;-'th"€tpafty Ki11ed"be‘i15gia‘%Bé1.1iff's VFo11owe‘r,‘he amt 3 mfiffoa

 at(tet1ding_a Mar{ba1sCoun;-OffiCer, to Atrefl: R:'cb.zrd B051 Efq; hrtvxng

 £9‘me notice, that he intended to go into the Country, the)’ Wmcfged
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for his coming out, a good part of the day", when at lafi he cattle in
his Coach, drawn by 4. Horfes, and the Prifoner riding upon a fingle
Horfe, with a Cafe of Piftols before him; forne ofthefialiifs planti 0
thernfelves on each fide the ‘Coach, to make the Ar-ref}, whilft tlhz
Deceafed ftop’d theHorfes,which the nowPrifoner obferving (and that
his Mafter was fcufling with the refi of them) ‘let fly a Pifiol which
only Grazed upon the ground, but feeing his Malier taken out ofthe

Coach, lie fired another, loaden with two Bullets, which enterd {iii

Inches into the Belly ofthe Deceafed, whereupon he fell,-and after has,
ving Cryed out, 0 I we shot, I am Ki/Zed, he dyed upon the place, not-'_
withfiauding the Baliffs carryed off their Prifonenagainfi whom the
had two Writs, amounting to 1 12 l. the Youth alledged, what he did
was in his own Defence,and that holding the Piilol up to {ave him from
a Blow, it unirappily went ofi’,but it being proved, that he fired before,
and gave {everal fhreatning Words (the Deceafed being upon Exe-lg
curing the Kings Writ,  the Prifoner was found Guilty of Mu_r._.j
ther, for which Cafes the Law cannot allow it Man-flaughter.

131. [46:15 Mrriclma/re, alias Moor, was Tryed for fiealing 2 Handcar-Q

cheifs, a pair of Sleeves, Ruffles, Coifs,and other Linnen,to the value V

of ten fhillings, from Elrfabezb Md”Zy,,ln:‘C0r7?‘biE, the ‘things were pro;
ved to be taken upon her, and afttr a fhort denyal, {he Confeffed the
Robery, and was brought in Guilty. e

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T/Jflmflf Giéfm andllobert Harvkfrm, were Tryed for fetting upon, and "

Rohing Edward Bets, Servant to Richard Cradock Efqg near Newingtm,’
taking from him, 2 Gowns, 2 peices cfSi1k, Mony and otherthings
to thevalue of ac el. and after having beat and bound him, they made
for Lomiojz, where one of them being Apprehendcd,confe{i.d thedother,
who upon his Tryal did acknowledge he was there, when the Robery
fwasdone, but that he came Accidentally, and ‘did not meddle in taking
any thiri.<z_ from .theProfecutor, there being three Fellows upon him,‘
who h:‘dT;in1down, E/”“c.., ofwhich the {aid Harv/eforz was one 5 but this
Sham would not take, for upon the Evidences Swearing point blank;
that he was one concern’d, they were both found Guilty. ' i
Arm Smith, ‘Mary Roly, and Elifabetb Wolf, three notorious Shop-lifts,”
'W‘.:'I‘:1 Tryed for fit-aling a piece of Flowered-filk, to the worth of five
pounds, out of the Shop of Mr.Tryermod, in Corn-laz'l1,after this manner,
two of theni comino in, to cheapen Silk, whilfi the other flood with-
out, “but inftead o? buying, whilfl the Servants were bufy, they can-
veyed away the aforefaid piece, which they had Cheapned and deli-5
vered it to theirConfederate,but being obferved by anOppoflteNeigh.;
hm": notice was given, they perfued,an‘dApprehended all three, flue in
whofe Cufiody it was taken,Pleaded they gave it her to carry for them,‘
and that {he never {aw themybefore, but that was Contradified by

fome, who (“aw them Difcoui-ting together, before the Fellony was ,
C°mm"=€<’» the Jwy bSli€Vi"%F1}¢mE9 be all of a Ganeabsousht ‘hem  

in Guilty.‘
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 The Petitionshof the Right Ho‘n.orable the Earl of Shzfis5nr;y; Wz'lll4772’
Lordtfionmrd, Baron of Efcérreek, Stephen C ollez/gr, $0/222 Brown, Prifoners

gin the Tower of Lomz’077, and William Hetéieriugton, Prifoner in the Coun-

sy Goal of Ncwgngcg prefented their Petitions to the Right Honorable
Sir Patime W4r.z',- Lord 18'/Iayorg and the fudges,‘ and ;’7iz/Me: bfzhe I’e-ace;
fitting on Com miflion of Oyer and Termzmi? for London and Mz'a’aG’e/r’x,&
In which were contained their feveral Prayers,‘ Téatfeeing they,/Jud lam

4’ Comm2'ttea'fer High-Treafdin’, mm’ at/arr Crimes; ém‘ no profcmtion éring

made againfl them, 256)’ rflqtétflfd  éeeeitlirif/Deedz'/)1 prncecdld 44-3
gaizafi, or B4z'leta’,_ according to the A'6i"77‘¢aa’e int:/Jen:/izirteezrtb year of /.72: rpm

1 tmlajefly, for thefecnring the Liherty of 2/23 Suéjrfi‘; which Petitions were
read by the Clerk qfzlie Crown, and upon Motion of Councgi; Ordered

to be taken into Confiderat%ion. _ % V %
IMr./‘ittnrfly General objerited againfl the Pettyt Jury for Lg“;4;{p;¢3 31-

_ Edging, They 123676.73/0f C‘/Itgrc/14:72:27; 717'_P¢7fi}75j(iI{y'qZld[Z:fi€df’0 fcrtvczbrzh

V To which Mvr.S/aeizflh} Anfweredr; That they /Mrlretzrm ed the») 4c'com’."2:2_g**
to Law, and they knew not/amgto the contrary; am they ware mm of czuzdzd ‘
Reparations; but 111 fine, they were difmiifed for that time; and ordr red

King’ and Camry.

«to attend the Contt on rryday morning next,tili which time the Srflfmi
was Ad jou’rn‘ed; t ’ t

The Grand Jnry according to drder, attending the Court, Mr. At‘;
tomy General made his Exceptions againfl two or three of them,as not
being obfervers of the‘Kings Laws, and that the jury were returned at
the .Nomin3.tion- hf others, i which by the Statute ofTem'a' Henry 8;
Qnght not to beybtit after T.<§"3e€ide.bat€f*5 a Bill o‘t'High.:1*reaton was deg
livered to them; againfl Stephen colledg of St;:4flI1B[ACX”-_?f'r}rfr:.*i._ Where.

i in was fpecified; That he had Traitteronfly Cfonfpired againfl: the Life

of hisibfinjefiy, Fheintendingto depfidie and Mutfhcr him, in Order rd
which; Pfovided Arxfiour, and otherHahjujamien'ts‘ of War, to
_feize srpon his Majeffy at oxfrwd; €“§'c”.‘_ ~  ‘  ‘  ' '

Ahferithc Reading tthé Ifidifitméfltsn Mr:AttQi‘néy denoted i:he'Wit-’-
i1effes,'mi_ght be fiVOtn}t<§.t1it, in Court.‘ ”W1?iCh was granted"; where»-
updn 1\/'[f.V5;m';e/;, M15. Dzlgdale, Mr.’ Haynes; the TWO "Maczmmarrfs and
Sir W. fenninngs alleaged feveral ‘defpetiate' Treafonsi againft him’: as,
that he told ‘them ,; He was one that W35 30 f€if¢§.the King at ox/om’:
anfi, thathnnlefet he would Cemgly   With his Parlzment; there would
be ready. tfiduiitfidé to feeufe him ; A‘ ’And;th-at hegwaé pfepéred with
Armor for that purpofe, which he {hew’d thern,&c.- The Evidence
Waslong, and full ofweight: So that the Jury receiiréd the Bill; af~
ter Dinner return’d it lgézartatmm. And at the fame time prefented at

' Petition, fubfcribed, ‘fo the Court; That Whereas theywcre infor-

med, 'Ihat'fever4al P1-iefis Land Jefuitcs that lay under Sentence of con-
demnation, did dayly Plot and cotitrive by fiutchy Means’ to~’wo‘r1c
out their Dclliverance, and that by Cornmiflion from Romt, they fire"
and confulted the Defirnrition of the Protefcants, by forging dixterg

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foiwz Plat took his Tryal, for breaking open the Honfe of }’;tme:- _ - ;
i‘Ii7!r;23, in the Parilh of Homfey, in the Company of feveral others .   f .4
(tome of whichhave been already Executed) and taking thence Plate, ‘ M 
wearing Apparel, coined Silver, and broad peices of_Gold, to the Va’.
. ' line ofoo pounds, and Bzrrbaroufly ufing the people of theH oufe, by
, Wrounding, Bearing of them; he pleaded he was not there, buta great:
many Miles diflant, at the time of the Robery, but not being able to t
proslucaz Teflimony thereof, and on the other fide the Profecntor 9
Swearing politive, he was founrl Gui't_V of the Fellony land Burglary.’
«T/2. Cook was tryed for breaking open the ihop of one W1‘/Z’.,,Sm/t/a. a,
Barber in Broad ]Z>‘e.»:t, dutitigpis being above ftairs, and fellonioufly
talaing away a Silver Tankard; 7. Coats, I Cloak 3 Perriwigs and 13!. ’
in money: one of the ‘errrwigs being taken upon ‘his head, when .
apprehended, he“or‘fering Compofition ; but he once found mercy,vvaSe
brought in guildy. ' C ’ c .
. 90/r..='.' Cmvptovz tvas tryed for coming into a Shop in St Clement Danae,‘
  and in the Abfence of tie People op-e.n’d the Till of a Counter , and
took thence 6 l.. and being askd, a hour after, about it, in Court de-
nyed it, laying he had Money enough, and an Efiate, but there were
ihrewd Circumflances, he was brought in gttiity of the Felony only. A
Motion being made by Mr, :>~;<*,=;§l'm¢:,s-, ‘ere .Spea}«ter of the It-Ioufe of
Commons, That the Right Honorable the Earl of  might be 
bailed by reafon there Wa no Profecution entred. againft ilil“. :: there i   
being feveral worthy Peers offered to engage for him. My Lord Chief *
Juli ice told. him,That not only himfelflbut 9 more or the ..:dges,fore-"
feeing they would make ’a Motiomhad confuited  iiilfatter and were
all cfOpinion,' l‘: was not in their Power to deliver“ l is I_’or-dihip :   The
Tower nt‘-«t being within the Limits of that Comrniliion they {at by:
but if it had been Term-time, he might have been removed to the
Kings-bench-Bar and there relieved. Mr. Walla; Iikewrfe moved for ,  
the Lord Howard but was anfwered as the former. 5 A ' i 1 ‘n T
Mr. I-‘nmcis Swim and Mr. Sam. H.zm:3 having no Profecvutionsr en-"  
trad againflthem, were difcharged by Proclamation: _And Mr. He- ,
I I/irififtrrn Ptiletl the Manager of the Irilh Evidence, upon Bail was or;  
derecl to be felt at large this Scflions. “ 

There were 9 condc.-mn’d, viz.Tl2. Gib/Em, Rn-iHaf1’kf0I7. W. Backly, W. C
‘Ric/mrdfon, Lqolat, Arm Smit/J, Maryfloly, E 1222'.» Wolf  3  

4 Burnt in :6: band, 3 for Tran/fartation, and4-’i7’9 56’ "’5"f’"- V -, j

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