A
Full
and
True
ACCOUNT
OF
THE
PROCEEDINGS
OF
Tho.
Harris
,
Gent.
High
Constable
of
the
Hundred
of
Oswaldstone
,
in
the
County
of
Middlesex
,
BEING
THE
Manner
of
Finding
the
HEAD
of
the
Late
Murder'd
Person
,
Who
was
Cut
to
Pieces
:
It
being
found
between
Twelve
and
One
a
Clock
at
Night
,
in
a
House
of
Office
near
the
House
of
Mr.
Fresnear
,
a
Fringe-maker
,
near
Exeter-Exchange
,
on
Sunday-night
,
the
5th
Instant
February
,
1687.
HAving
received
a
Warrant
from
Sir
James
Butler
,
and
Sir
Robert
Clerk
,
Two
of
His
Majesties
Justices
of
the
Peace
for
this
County
of
Middlesex
;
that
they
were
credibly
informed
that
the
Head
of
the
Wounded
Person
is
slung
into
a
House
of
Office
,
belonging
to
Mr.
Fresnean
a
Fringe-Maker
near
Exeter-change
in
my
Hundred
,
or
some
other
House-Office
near
adjacent
thereunto
,
did
therefore
in
His
Majesties
Name
,
require
me
to
cause
diligent
Search
to
be
made
in
the
said
Houses
of
Office
,
or
in
any
other
,
of
which
I
should
have
just
cause
to
suspect
for
the
Head
,
and
give
an
immediate
Account
of
what
I
should
do
herein
to
them
,
or
some
other
of
His
Majesties
Justices
of
Peace
for
the
said
County
.
Given
under
their
Hands
and
Seals
the
Fifth
day
of
February
,
1687/8.
Pursuant
to
this
Warrant
I
sent
for
my
Constables
and
Officers
,
and
procured
some
Night-men
,
who
went
to
the
place
and
began
to
work
about
Eleven
at
Night
,
and
so
continued
till
about
half
an
hour
after
Twelve
,
at
which
time
the
Night-men
brought
up
the
Head
,
which
was
wrapt
up
in
a
Cloth
,
with
one
Ear
hanging
out
of
a
hole
in
the
Cloth
,
and
when
it
was
taken
out
,
I
order'd
it
immediately
to
be
wash'd
very
clean
,
and
carryed
to
the
Watch-house
:
And
the
Head
and
Face
is
without
any
manner
of
Defacement
,
Wound
,
or
Scar
;
but
may
be
known
by
any
man
who
formerly
knew
the
Person
,
the
Visage
remaining
very
plain
.
About
five
a
Clock
this
Morning
,
being
the
sixth
of
this
Instant
February
,
I
went
to
the
Right
Honourable
the
Earl
of
Craven
,
who
ordered
me
to
wait
on
him
to
White-Hall
,
in
order
to
attend
and
give
His
Majesty
an
account
thereof
;
which
being
done
,
His
Majesty
was
pleased
to
order
that
the
Head
should
be
conveyed
forthwith
to
the
Body
,
which
lies
in
St.
Giles
Bone-house
,
where
it
now
is
,
and
may
be
seen
by
any
that
have
the
Curiosity
to
repair
thither
:
And
this
is
a
true
Account
,
Witness
my
Hand
,
Tho.
Harris
,
High-Constable
.