AN
ACCOUNT
Of
the
most
remarkable
TRYALS
At
the
Sessions
house
in
the
Old
bayly
.
THe
Tryals
and
Condemnations
or
Acquittals
of
the
several
Malefactors
at
Justice-Hall
in
the
Old-bayly
London
,
having
proved
very
acceptable
,
we
have
thought
good
to
continue
their
publications
;
this
Sessions
being
as
remarkable
as
others
:
and
is
as
followeth
.
There
was
a
Victualler
tried
for
killing
a
Man
;
they
fought
very
fiercely
together
,
and
the
Man
went
home
:
The
Evidence
swore
that
the
Victualler
was
the
cause
of
his
Death
,
who
had
bruised
him
sore
in
several
parts
,
and
had
caused
him
to
spit
Blood
;
but
in
regard
he
died
a
Moneth
after
,
and
was
indifferently
well
:
The
Jewry
acquitted
the
Prisoner
of
the
Murther
.
There
was
a
Young
man
tried
for
stealing
of
a
Saw
,
the
Prosecutor
made
Affidavit
,
That
that
Saw
which
was
found
in
the
Young
mans
custody
was
his
:
The
Young
man
brought
a
Joyner
,
that
swore
he
made
him
the
frame
of
the
Saw
,
half
a
year
ago
;
whereas
the
Prosecutor
swore
,
that
his
was
stoll●n
a
year
ago
:
So
that
the
Youngman
was
discharged
of
the
Crime
.
There
was
a
lusty
young
Fellow
,
John
Smith
by
Name
,
tried
for
the
sacriligious
stealing
of
above
Two
Hundred
Pounds
worth
of
Plate
,
out
of
the
Vestry
of
St.
Giles's
Church
.
The
Beadle
of
the
Parish
suspected
this
man
,
because
he
was
a
loose
Liver
,
and
came
to
his
Lodging
,
but
found
him
not
within
:
He
asked
his
Neighbour
for
him
,
and
he
said
,
That
at
Nine
of
the
Clock
at
Night
he
was
within
,
but
since
he
had
not
seen
him
.
The
Beadle
promised
him
Ten
Shillings
,
to
b
ing
him
word
,
when
he
was
within
;
but
the
other
when
he
saw
him
,
told
the
Prisoner
what
the
Beadle
said
;
then
he
came
not
to
his
Lodging
in
a
Months
time
:
But
at
his
return
,
he
had
notice
given
him
by
others
,
and
he
took
a
Constable
with
him
,
and
came
to
his
Chamberdoor
,
and
rushed
against
it
,
designing
to
break
it
open
,
but
he
could
not
.
The
Prisoner
hearing
it
,
got
up
,
and
asked
,
Who
was
there
?
The
Beadle
told
him
,
That
he
was
suspected
for
stealing
away
the
Church-plate
,
and
they
had
a
Warrant
to
apprehend
him
.
The
Prisoner
then
told
him
,
He
was
a
Son
of
a
Bitch
,
and
he
had
nothing
to
say
to
him
:
And
whilst
they
were
breaking
open
the
Door
,
he
run
up
into
a
Garret
,
and
got
up
upon
the
House
,
and
ran
along
several
houses
in
his
Shirt
only
,
when
they
found
he
was
fl●d
,
they
made
it
their
business
to
catch
him
;
And
in
order
thereto
a
Youth
was
sent
up
,
and
at
the
end
of
the
House
he
spied
him
:
when
he
approached
near
,
he
said
,
You
Son
of
a
Bitch
,
get
you
gone
,
or
I
will
split
your
Brains
with
a
Tile
;
this
nothing
daunted
him
,
for
he
returned
the
same
expression
to
him
,
but
presently
he
came
running
by
the
Young-man
,
and
then
there
was
the
Beadle
,
that
lay
in
ambush
for
him
,
so
that
he
leaped-out
of
the
Frying-pan
into
the
Fire
.
He
that
Scylla
seeks
to
shun
,
Doth
often
on
Charibdis
run
.
When
he
was
thus
backset
and
foreset
,
he
could
not
hope
for
a
release
,
but
by
the
danger
of
breaking
his
N●ck
,
so
that
he
unwillingly
became
their
Captive
.
At
his
Indictment
he
would
not
plead
,
because
a
man
was
to
give
Evidence
against
him
,
that
was
a
Party
concerned
;
so
that
when
nothing
would
prevail
to
make
him
plead
,
he
was
sentenced
to
be
prest
to
Death
:
But
through
the
Sheriffs
intercession
,
he
was
perswaded
to
plead
;
and
then
the
Court
would
hardly
be
perswaded
to
revoke
the
Sentence
I
but
upon
his
Knees
he
entreated
them
very
importu●ately
:
at
last
they
condisc●nded
to
grant
him
more
favour
than
he
did
deserve
,
v●z
.
A
legal
Trial
;
and
then
it
wa●
proved
,
that
he
was
one
of
the
three
that
broke
in
.
There
was
an
Iron-betty
shewed
,
and
some
small
pieces
of
the
Plate
,
that
were
found
in
a
house
where
the
Plate
was
sold
by
his
and
their
orders
:
It
was
proved
that
he
was
one
of
the
three
,
that
hid
the
plate
in
a
Ditch
,
and
received
an
equal
share
of
the
Money
.
And
the
Woman
that
had
it
of
them
,
sold
it
to
another
for
Three
Shil
.
Eight
Pen
.
an
Ounce
:
so
that
the
Jury
could
do
no
less
than
find
him
guilty
of
the
Fact
.
There
was
a
Youngman
and
his
supposed
Wife
that
were
Arraigned
for
stealing
of
Thirty
pair
of
Cloath-coloured
Stockins
:
He
(
understanding
there
were
many
other
Indictments
against
him
)
pleaded
guilty
to
all
Felonies
within
the
benefit
of
Clergy
:
But
she
refused
to
plead
,
saying
,
That
she
was
his
Wife
,
and
therefore
bound
to
keep
his
secrets
:
but
at
last
she
pleaded
,
she
was
acquitted
,
and
he
found
guilty
.
There
were
Three
Shoo-makers
arraigned
for
Murthering
a
Young-Woman
;
they
went
towards
Kintish-Town
,
and
there
they
spied
her
with
Milk
:
One
of
them
asked
for
some
to
drink
;
But
she
would
not
give
them
any
:
They
gave
and
received
some
provoking
words
,
which
stird
them
up
to
blowes
;
several
of
her
Acquaintance
took
her
part
,
and
routed
the
Shoo-makers
.
But
before
her
Assistants
came
in
,
she
had
gotten
some
bruises
.
This
was
on
Friday
,
and
she
died
on
the
Mundy
following
.
They
were
acquitted
both
of
the
Murder
and
Me●slaughter
;
and
they
owe
great
thanks
to
a
merc●ful
Middlesex-Jury
.
There
was
a
Souldier
tryed
for
stealing
away
a
Marble-stone
of
the
value
of
eighteen
shillings
from
Sc●tland-yard
:
It
was
proved
that
he
laid
it
on
the
Porters
back
and
proffered
to
sell
it
;
so
that
the
Jury
could
do
no
less
then
finde
him
guilty
of
petty
L●rceny
,
and
that
was
a
favour
too
,
for
they
might
have
brought
him
in
guilty
of
Felony
,
and
then
he
would
have
been
one
step
more
neerer
related
to
Tyburn
.
There
was
likewise
two
men
more
tried
for
the
stealing
of
St.
Giles's
Plate
:
one
was
the
Smith
that
made
the
B●ity
,
to
whose
hou
e
they
carried
the
Plate
,
who
pleaded
innocency
at
the
bar
,
but
there
was
one
of
the
Thieves
that
gave
Evidence
against
all
the
rest
,
that
swore
he
had
made
above
twenty
Betties
:
He
then
said
,
he
never
had
any
knowledge
of
any
Betty
but
his
Wife
,
they
were
both
found
guilty
.
A
Woman
was
tried
for
murthering
her
Child
:
Two
or
three
made
O●th
,
that
she
said
the
Child
was
still-born
,
and
afterwards
she
threw
it
into
a
Pond
,
in
regard
the
Ground
was
so
hard
that
she
could
not
digg
a
hole
to
bury
it
in
;
but
in
regard
she
did
not
discover
her
being
with
Childe
to
any
,
nor
call
any
in
at
the
birth
of
the
Childe
.
She
was
found
guilty
by
the
Jury
according
to
an
Act
of
Parliament
in
King
Edward's
time
.
There
was
a
Youth
,
who
appeared
to
be
about
seventeen
years
of
Age
,
indicted
for
a
Robbery
:
for
that
he
and
two
more
robbed
a
young
man
a
little
beyond
Islington
of
about
eight
pounds
in
Money
.
It
was
about
eight
of
the
clock
in
the
evening
in
March
last
.
The
Prosecutor
knew
this
youth
but
durst
●ake
no
notice
of
him
for
fear
they
should
have
killed
him
;
for
the
Moon
did
shine
bright
,
insomuch
that
he
could
discern
him
as
well
by
that
as
a
clear
light
;
and
therefore
he
was
very
possitive
and
confident
in
his
affirmation
.
Notwithstanding
several
came
in
to
testifie
that
at
that
hour
when
he
was
accused
for
the
Robbery
,
he
was
at
the
Musick-●o●se
in
W●itechapp●l
,
but
he
was
found
guilty
.
There
was
a
young
man
tryed
for
a
Burglary
committed
at
Thistleworth
,
he
took
out
of
a
house
two
Flitches
of
bacon
several
pounds
of
beef
,
a
leg
of
pork
,
and
some
wearing
clothes
,
but
he
that
was
accused
was
acquitted
,
because
they
only
made
Oath
that
he
was
there
in
the
morning
,
and
this
was
d●ne
in
the
night
following
;
he
drank
a
pot
of
beere
in
the
house
,
and
looked
up
into
the
Chimney
where
the
bacon
hung
,
and
commended
it
for
good
bacon
,
he
had
formerly
suffered
for
such
like
misdemeanours
;
and
that
was
one
reason
why
he
was
suspected
,
his
commending
the
bacon
might
be
another
;
but
the
greatest
was
,
because
they
found
thee
wyth
which
he
that
owned
the
bacon
,
made
near
the
house
where
the
prisoner
lodged
,
which
was
at
least
two
miles
from
the
place
where
the
fact
was
committed
.
There
were
two
women
indicted
for
stealing
a
piece
of
Si●k
from
a
Mercer
in
the
City
,
but
they
were
not
both
arraigned
,
for
one
of
them
was
brought
a
bed
of
a
Newgate
bird
;
and
the
other
refused
her
tryal
,
because
her
sister
Shop
lift
could
not
come
to
take
her
tryal
,
but
at
last
she
took
a
tryal
,
and
the
other
too
:
she
was
acquitted
,
the
other
found
guilty
of
this
,
and
was
burn'd
in
the
hand
last
Sessions
.
There
was
an
honest
Country
man
tryed
for
stealing
a
Calf
;
but
it
was
another
that
stole
it
,
and
sold
it
to
him
;
who
confest
it
at
the
Barr
,
so
that
the
other
was
acquitted
,
and
the
Prosecutor
blamed
for
indicting
him
that
bought
it
;
but
he
excused
himself
,
by
saying
that
the
other
was
not
taken
when
he
was
indicted
.
Thus
you
see
,
the
righteous
oft
suffer
fer
the
sinners
sake
.
There
was
two
young
men
tryed
for
breaking
open
a
Merchants
house
,
and
both
brought
in
guilty
of
the
Fact
.
Another
young
man
was
arraigned
for
Murther
,
heard
two
more
were
throwing
stones
at
one
another
in
Clerkenwell-Green
,
and
it
was
his
hard
misfortune
to
be
too
good
a
marks
man
,
for
he
hit
one
of
them
under
the
ear
,
and
he
dyed
within
three
days
,
so
that
he
was
found
guilty
of
Manslaughter
.
There
was
a
young
man
tryed
and
sound
guilty
for
the
felonious
taking
away
of
several
goods
and
some
mony
out
of
some
Trunks
,
which
he
broke
,
which
were
locked
in
his
Landladies
Chamber
,
There
was
a
woman
found
guilty
of
stealing
away
a
silver
Tankard
from
her
Master
.
Sixteen
condemn'd
,
five
burned
in
the
hand
;
And
five
Transplanted
to
some
other
Land
:
Seven
ordered
to
be
whipt
,
and
one
was
fin'd
,
The
Fine
was
small
,
because
the
Court
was
kind
.
Each
of
their
Crimes
were
great
,
therefore
I
doubt
;
There
will
be
mighty
work
for
Ketch
this
bout
:
Good
Lord
deliver
all
as
well
as
me
,
From
Ketches
mercy
,
and
the
Tripple
Tree
.
FINIS
.