297. + Ann Duck proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 3827. *, of St. Sepulchre's , was indicted for assaulting John Andrews proceedingsvictim , putting him in fear, and taking from his Person, and against his Will, 11 s. in Money, his Property, in the Dwelling-House of Mary Ballet < no role > , otherwise Ballard , June 2 .

* Ann Duck was tried in last January Sessions, for assaulting William Cooper < no role > , a Waggoner, between e-Lane and the Fleet-Market, and robbing him of thirty-five Shillings, and acquitted. See No. 11. of the Sessions-Paper, Fol. 47.

John Andrews < no role > . On the 2d of June, between 12 and 1, I met with one Elizabeth Yates < no role > , who took me into Mary Ballet < no role > 's House in Thatched-Alley in Chick Lane ; she asked me to give her a Dram; Ann Duck < no role > This name instance is in set 3827. showed us up one Pair of Stairs, and brought us a Dram; for which I paid her three Half-pence; she acted then as Mistress of the House; I had not been there above a Quarter of an Hour, when the Prisoner threw me down upon the Bed by Force, put her Hand into my Pocket, and took out my Money, which was Eleven Shillings, and turned my Pocket inside outward; I caught her by the Hand, while the Money was in it, and endeavoured to get it from her.

Q. Was you in Liquor?

Andrews. I was in Liquor; but not so much, but that I was sensible of what was done: - there was 7 s. 6 d. in Silver, and the rest in Half-pence: she gave a Knock with her Foot, and there came a Man into the Room, who threatned to throw me out of Window, and throw me down Stairs if I said any thing; I should have taken the Money from her if it had not been for the Man: I charged the Constable with the Prisoner, and a Watchman with the other Woman (Yates) to keep her in Safety, that I might find out the House; and the next Day she came voluntarily, and went before the fitting Alderman: the next Day, after the Constable had her in hold, they told me if I went into the Room I might find my Money, and I took the Money off the Middle of the Quilt on the Bed in the same Room - there were Eleven Shillings - when I went into the House with the Constable he searched for the Prisoner, and she was lying up. on the same Bed. -

Q. How do you know it was your Money that was upon the Bed?

Andrews. I cannot be sure of that; but I took it to be so, because it tallied with my Money. Elizabeth Yates < no role > swore before the Grand Jury that the Prisoner robbed me; she was to have been here to Day, she was bound over to prosecute: I was used very ill there; the Man pushed me down Stairs, but when the Watchmen came he was gone immediately, and there was not a Person to be seen in the House. I never was there before, and never shall again, I hope.

Q. Had she any Intention of Lewdness with you, do you think?

Andrews. No, I do not think she had - I was not much frightened when the Woman threw me down upon the Bed; but, when the Man came up, I was very much afraid.

Prisoner. He said before the Alderman that he did not know the Woman that robbed him.

Andrews. I never said so.

Philip Price < no role > . I know nothing of the Prisoner; I only heard Bess Yates < no role > say, that the Prisoner had picked his Pocket.

Acquitted .

The Court ordered Elizabeth Yates < no role > 's Recognizance to be estreated.