FIrst Thomas Sutton proceedingsdefend and Elizabeth Browne proceedingsdefend , pretended to be his Wife, were Arraigned and brought upon their Tryals, for Breaking and Robbing the House of Mr. Richard King proceedingsvictim , a Mercer upon the Bridge , in the Parish of St. Olives Southwark ; the manner of the Robbery was as follows: The two persons before-mentioned, on the 8th of August last, being Sabbath day, as it is supposed, having Intelligence that Mr. King and all his Family (except his Maid-servant, by name Joan Elge < no role > ) was gone to Church, came and knocked at the door; upon which, the Maid peeping through the Key-hole, demanded what they would have? their answer was, That they were friends of Mr. Kings, and would needs speak with him: the Maid replyed he was not within: to which Sutton answered, that his Wife and he were newly come out of the Countrey, and that the Air was not agreeing with her, she was taken sick coming over the Bridge, and that if she would open the door, they would stay till Mr. King come home; upon which she opened it and let them in, they telling her that they were her Masters Cozens, and seemed much to admire the Furniture of the House, commending it above whatever they saw in the Country; the Woman still feigning herself sick: and so cunning were they, that they would not believe the Wench, though she several times affirmed there was none at home but her self; till asking for a Vault, she told him, it was up stairs at the top of the House, where going up, he staid but a very short time, and then coming down again, went seemingly to kiss the Maid, and thereupon clapt his hands to her Throat, saying, He came for Money; at which surprize she crying out, the Woman cry'd, God dam her cut her Throat, and thereupon both of them falling upon her, bound her, and then searching for a Knife, at last found one, with which they endeavoured to cut her Throat; but she with strugling got her hands loose, and wrested the Knife out of their hands, upon which they binding her faster, upon promise she would no more cry out, left her, and went to breaking open the Trunks and Chests, and got one Silver Bason, six Silver Plates, two dozen of Spoons, two Tankards, one Sugar-dish; and then breaking open the shop-door, got a hundred and ninety seven pounds in money; but in the time they were plundering, the Maid got loose, though all bloody, shut her self into a Room, and cryedout Thieves, Murther; upon which several of the Neighbours coming, broke open the door, but t're they came into the House, the now Prisoners were got out of the Cellar-windows upon the Piles, where the Woman was taken, and shortly after the Man, who was got off in a Boat; upon searching of him there was about fifteen pounds found in his breaches the rest they onely removed, but had no opportunity of carrying it away. Upon their Tryals they pleaded both guilty to the Felony, and were by the Jury brought in guilty of the same.

[Death. See summary.]