23, 24. (M.) Thomas Bunn proceedingsdefend and James Harrington proceedingsdefend , were indicted for that they, together with two others not yet taken, did steal one wooden drawer, value 12 d. four silver pocket pieces, value 8 s. and 10 d. in money, number'd , the goods of John Dyer proceedingsvictim , Oct. 12 . +

Mary Dyer < no role > . My husband's name is John Dyer < no role > . I live in East Smithfield . On the 12th of October there came five boys and knocked at my door just before 12 o'clock at night; I opened it; they came in very civilly, and asked for a quartern of liquor; I keep a brandy shop ; I asked them how I must divide it; they said they did not care how. Hatton, who is here to give his evidence, took the liquor in his hand, and said it was all sludge; then he asked for change for sixpence; I took the drawer out; while I held the drawer and 3 d. in my hand, Harrington held a pistol to my head, and said he'd blow my brains out if I would not deliver all I was worth; they were all in the shop at that time; I said, children, what do you mean by coming in this manner, and ran behind a Vessel and screamed out, thieves and murder; they ran out at the door, and took the drawer away; there were in it four silver pocket pieces and a silver groat; these were pieces that were pledg'd, I don't know the value of them.

William Hatton < no role > . I am about 16 years of age. There were Richard Pett < no role > , Randolph Branch < no role > , myself, and the two prisoners met together to go out; we went and knock'd at this woman's door; then Thomas Bunn said he would go home, he would not attempt such a thing, so he went away; she let us four in; we asked for a quartern of gin; she asked how many outs she should make; Harrington said, make four; then he said, let me have a halfpennyworth of anniseed; as soon as he had drank the dram, he pulled out a pistol, and put it to the woman's head, and said, you are a dead woman if you don't deliver all you are worth; Randolph Branch < no role > went round the computer and took the till; there were in it four outlandish pieces of silver and a silver groat; she woman screamed out; we all went out, and went near the Queen's Head in Wilsher lane, where we went and emptied the drawer; I believe there was a silver sixpence, some halfpence, and two shillings and sixpence in single farthings; Richard Pett < no role > sold one of the pocket pieces for eightpence on the other side the water, near the Greyhound Inn, we threw the three others into the Tower ditch; my share in the whole came to ninepence, and Harrington the same; Bunn was not with us.

Q. to Mrs. Dyer. How many did you see come into the shop?

Mrs. Dyer. I saw five of them come in.

Harrington Guilty .

Bunn Acquitted .

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