Daniel Groves proceedingsdefend , a Boy about 16, of St. Alhallows Lumbard street , was Indicted for Firing the House of John Foster proceedingsvictim , on the 27th of October last. The Evidence was Mr. Foster, with whom the Prisoner was an Apprentice , who said, That he Chopt a piece of Link, and clapt it between the Boards in a partition in the Cellar, where it took Fire, but was soon quench'd. The Prisoner confest it before the Justice, and said, that he was Instigated to Commit the Fact by the Temptations of the Devil, and one Baker; yet he deny'd it upon his Tryal. So he was found Guilty .

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