The Trial and Conviction of That Infamous Hypocrite John Church: The Surrey Tabernacle Preacher, Borough-road, St. George's Fields, for an Abominable Offence; Including the Whole of the Evidence; Tried Before Lord Ellenborough, at the Surrey Assizes, Croydon, Saturday, August 16, 1817. To Which Is Added, His Life, Confessions, Notes of One of His Sermons, the Whole of the Love-letters, &c. &c.Anonymous
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The Trial and Conviction of That Infamous Hypocrite John Church: The Surrey Tabernacle Preacher, Borough-road, St. George's Fields, for an Abominable Offence; Including the Whole of the Evidence; Tried Before Lord Ellenborough, at the Surrey Assizes, Croydon, Saturday, August 16, 1817. To Which Is Added, His Life, Confessions, Notes of One of His Sermons, the Whole of the Love-letters, &c. &c.
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Church, J. (John), approximately 1780-approximately 1825 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Trials (Sodomy) -- England
wait, for I should not come; he returned, and said if I would but
speak to him, he should go away happy; I found I could not get rid of
him—I went down stairs; he said, well, sir, I hope your nap has done
you good; I said, I don’t know, don’t bother me. He said I was very
cross to him; I told him there was other men without me; if he wanted
to preach, not to preach to me about crossness. He said, well, if
that was the case, he was very sorry he had offended me; I told him
he had not offended me nor pleased me; but as I was not well, the
less any one talked to me the better I liked it; he said, if I was
but friends with him, and shake hands with him, he should go away
happy. Mr. Yardley said, he never see such a fellow as I was, for I
had affronted every body that came to the house. I then shook hands
with the Parson, for at that time I did not know his name. He shook
hands with me, and we had something to drink, and Mr. Church paid for
it and went away. I never saw him till I came out of Newgate; I was
talking to Mr. and Mrs. Holloway, and telling them there was a Parson
somewhere about St George’s Fields, but his name I did not know. He
asked me if I should know him if I saw him, I said I should; by that
I went to the chapel and saw Mr. Church, and then I asked the people
what was the Parson’s name; they told me his name was Church. I said
he ought to be ashamed of himself to preach there, a ******** and
rascal, and left the place, and went home in the greatest pains I
ever felt in my life, and was resolved to see him, which I did the
next day, and give him one of the hand-bills; and the manner he
received me, was like a young man would his sweetheart;—I began my
conversation; Well, sir, I suppose you do not know me? He said he
did not. I said my name was Cook, that kept the Swan, in
Vere-street. He said he thought so, but was not sure: he said why
did I not call before and shake hands with a-body. I told him I did
not know where he lived, nor I did not know his name until I went to
the chapel and found him out. He told me not to make it known that
he ever came to my house, for he and Rowland Hill had daggers drawn,
and that he should be obliged to indite Hill to clear up his
character, and for God’s sake do not expose me.”—(_Here the narrative
breaks off_.)
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