Samuel East proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Sepulchres , was indicted for violently Assaulting Audley Harvey proceedingsvictim , and robbing him of a Silver - hilted Sword, value 3 l. the 3d of this Instant April .

The Prosecutor depos'd, that as he was passing through Smithfield , about 12 a-Clock at Night, he heard a Sort of Scuffle, and an outcry of Link, Link, that thereupon apprehending some Disorder, he drew his Sword, and ran to the Place, where he saw the Prisoner, and 2 others with him, and enquiring of the Prisoner, if he was the Person that call'd out for a Link, he gave him ill Language, fell upon him, and with a great Stick broke his Sword, gave him 20 Blows or more on the Face and Head, bruising him most wretchedly, and afterwards wrested the Hilt out of his Hand, breaking off a Part in the Violence of doing it, and ran away with it. A Watchman depos'd, That the Prosecutor coming to him, and complaining of the Injury that he had received, he having seen the Prisoner go by with a Piece of a Sword in his Hand, a little before, went to his Lodgings, and the next Morning took him in Bed, the Sword Hilt and Piece of the Blade in it lying by his Bed Side. His Evidence was also confirm'd by the Constable. The Prisoner also being a Person of ill Fame, the Jury found him guilty of the Indictment. Death .