State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1 (of 2)
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State Trials, Political and Social. Volume 1 (of 2)
Trials -- Great Britain
_Frederick Ixam_ was present when the bags were taken out of the wallets
at Mr. Tryon's house: three of them had no seals; one had a seal very
much defaced; one had a seal which was the same as that on a letter from
the bishop of Chichester produced by Mr. Tryon. The bags were in court.
_Hanson_ and _Mr. Tryon_ proved the agreement of the seals, and the
bishop of Chichester's letter, which was produced.
_Cole_, a serjeant, and his brother, a yeoman, proved that they arrested
Turner in a civil suit about three o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Soon
after the constable came and charged them to assist in taking him before
Sir T. Aleyn.
By and by I was saying, Col. Turner, how could this house be
robbed, and none of the doors broke? O, said he, I took a man in
the Minories, who has discovered it to me; he told me that one
going into the cellar in the daytime lay there till night, then
went upstairs, found a candle and lit it, took the key from his
bedside, and went down and let all of the rest of the thieves
in. The young man being there, said, It was well the maid and I
was not at home, we should have been killed. No, says he, you
would not have been killed, only bound.
TURNER--As the fellow told me.
HYDE, LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE--Did he say nothing touching Mr.
Tryon's tooth?
COLE--He said, that the fellow putting his finger in his mouth
to gag him, the old gentleman bit him; and in struggling to get
out his finger, pulled out his tooth.
LORD CHIEF-JUSTICE HYDE--You are very perfect at it, Mr. Turner,
every way.
TURNER--Ay, my lord, I examined him every way.
_Peter Vanden-Anchor_ and _Chaplain_ were the first people who entered
the house after the robbery, and described the state in which they found
it, and how they unbound Mr. Tryon. The latter examined the servants as
to their movements; Hill, the manservant, said that he and the maid had
been at supper with Turner; but the maid said she had been at the house
of one Chamberlin, a goldsmith.
_Christmas_ described how he had been arrested at two in the morning,
but had been discharged the next day.
_Millington_ was at Mr. Tryon's house on Saturday evening, and finding
Turner in custody, there was asked by him to intercede, in order that he
might have his liberty to go about the jewels. Afterwards Turner, at his
own house, sent his wife to Whitechapel or Tower-hill, where she would
meet a man who would give her something. The wife brought the jewels to
the Hoop Tavern, and from there they were taken to Mr. Tryon's, where
they were examined, and none were found missing except a carcanet jewel.
_Mannock_ had been told by Turner in Newgate that he was to have £500
for recovering the jewels and the money; he had recovered £500 and most
of the jewels; if Sir Thomas had not secured him, he would now have them
all; 'but Newgate was not the place to find them out.'
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