Mary Barber , alias Ruffet proceedingsdefend , and Martha Lewis , alias Pugh proceedingsdefend , of St. Martin's in the Fields , were indicted for privately taking from the Person of Jonas Gray proceedingsvictim one pair of silver Buckles, a Handkerchief, and 20 s. in Money , the 27th of March last.

The Prosecutor depos'd, That on the 27th of March last, as he was going by the Prisoner's Door, which is at the Rose and Fountain in Drury-Lane , the two Prisoners and two others caught hold of him, and said, Damn you Jack, you shall give us a Pint of Wine, or we'll give you one: that he told them he would give them a Bottle if they would let him go; that they forc'd him into a Room up 2 pair of Stairs, and brought up two Pints of Wine, and there being a Table-Bed in the Room, they threw him down on it, and Mary Barber < no role > held him by one Arm, and another by the other, and they took the Buckles out of his Shoes, and the Handkerchief from off his Neck, his Buttons, &c. which she, Mary Barber < no role > , did 2 or 3 Days after restore him again; Mary Barber < no role > took the Buttons out of his Shirt, and Pugh's Hand was at his Pocket; that having detain'd him till about One a-Clock in the Morning, and he being afraid if he made any Noise, he might be murder'd by their Bullies, and the Room he was in being backwards, stay'd quietly till Morning, when he knocking, they at last let him out; and he demanding his Things and Money, Mary Barber < no role > , the Mistress of the House, told him, She would endeavour to help him to his Buckles and Buttons again, but she believ'd the 2 Bitches had the Money, and she would endeavour to help him to that again; that he did afterwards go to the House, and the Prisoner did return his Handkerchief, Buckles, Gloves, and Rule, and as to his Money, that not being produc'd, he procur'd a Warant to apprehend the Prisoners; and that, in the mean time, they had procured him to be arrested for 5 l. for the Reckoning.

Mary Bryan < no role > depos'd, That the Prosecutor having been drinking with 2 Women, about 2 or 3 a-Clock went up to Bed one Pair of Stairs, in a Room forward, and there was no Lock upon the Door; that in the Morning he came down, and wanted to see her Mistress, to know what he had to pay; that she went in and call'd her Mistress, who lay below Stairs; that the Prisoner came into the Room, and would treat her with a Pint of Wine, ask'd her if she would have White or Red, she chose White; that they drank together very friendly, and that he said, he wanted his Buckles and Buttons, and she went up and look'd in the Chamber, and found them, and came down and gave them to him; and he told her, that when he came to pay her Mistress he would give her a Shilling; and that he came afterwards, and spent Half a Crown, and gave her 6 d. saying, he had but 3 s.

Frogdon Poplish < no role > depos'd, he arrested the Prosecutor on Easter-Monday, at the Suit of Mrs. Ruffet, for 4 l. 19 s. That he said, he would swear a Robbery against her; that he would pay her before Saturday Night, and that he would send her to Newgate.

The Prisoners were also indicted a 2d Time for assaulting and violently taking the Things before-mention'd from the Prosecutor ; the Evidence was the same as to the first Indictment. The Jury acquitted both the Prisoners; and they praying a Copy of the Indictments, the Court granted them one upon the last Indictment.