back and have Recourse, as Crawford her Accomplice will own nothing of the Matter. The said Mary Dymer< no role > had been an unhappy Girl, and was married at the Fleet to one Yeaman a notorious Fellow, and an Acquaintance of Crawfords. The poor Girl was used very ill by her Husband, and was obliged to get away from him, which she did after a little while. Then Crawford and she took it into their Heads to live together, and did so for some Months; till the fatal Night came, when having made her Drunk, obliged her by Threats to go out with him upon the Scout. They did so, and meeting the Prosecutor, Crawford first quarrelled with him for taking Notice of her, whom he called his Wife, they drank together all three, and before the Liquor was out the Prosecutor went out of the House, and they followed after; she stopt him, saying he should go no farther, while Crawford came behind, and in a cowardly Manner gave him five Blows, which brought him to the Ground on his right Knee, and stuned him for a while. During the Time she took the Watch out of his Pocket, and Crawford, like a Coward still behind him, took away his Wig. The Prosecutor swore very positively to Crawford, and having had a full View of his Face, while they were drinking together, and said, he could not be mistaken in the Man. Upon his Trial, he was so wicked as to bring several Persons to Attempt to prove an Alibi, but the Evidence was so strong against him, and his Defence by their Means in all they could do so weak, that the Jury very justly thought fit to bring him in guilty of the Robbery, and there is no Room left to complain that he suffered for it. The Morning before he was executed he thought proper to own the Fact, and the Justice of his Sentence.

5. ELY SMITH< no role > This name instance is in set 3567. , aged 21, was born in Smithfield , in the Parish of St. Sepulchre , was bred to write and read, but never put Apprentice to any Business. He lived there with his Parents, till within this eight or nine Years, being always an unlucky Boy, and at last took to the Sea. He says, he was on Board one of the Navy Ships for five Years together, and underwent great Hardships during that Time, and when once he came ashore, resolved never to venter to Sea any more; and of the rest of his Life, he chose to be silent. He was a young Fellow of an undaunted Spirit, and would by no Means be ruled by his Friends Advice, who would have done any thing in their Power to serve him; but he had not Sense enough to make a proper Use of such an Advantage. He was always among loose and dissolute Company, and led most of his Days in Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden , and other such Haunts of this Sort of People.