Slingsby Bethell, Esq., his enquiry after William Baly the only witness against him upon the tryal of the riot, at Guild-Hall, on the 8th of May, 1683. Bethel, Slingsby, 1617-1697. 1683 Approx. 3 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 2 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. Text Creation Partnership, Ann Arbor, MI ; Oxford (UK) : 2006-06 (EEBO-TCP Phase 1). A27536 Wing B2063 ESTC R24851 08622246 ocm 08622246 41475

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 eng Baly, William. Witnesses -- Great Britain. False testimony -- Great Britain. 2006-01 Assigned for keying and markup 2006-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-02 Sampled and proofread 2006-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2006-04 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
Slingisby Bethell, Eſq HIS ENQUIRY AFTER WILLIAM BALY, The only WITNESS againſt him, upon the TRYAL of the RIOT, at GƲILD-HALL, on the 8th of May, 1683.

WHereas on Tueſday the 8th of May, 1683. At a Tryal held at Guild-Hall London, Several perſons were by a Jury found Guilty of a Riot, committed on the 24th of June, 1682. In not departing from the ſaid Hall, upon the Lord Mayor his adjourning there by Proclaimation, the Pole, which was then on Foot, for the choiſe of Sheriffs for London and Middleſex for the year enſuing.

And Whereas Slingisby Bethell of London, Eſq is named in the Information as guilty of the ſaid Riot, in not departing from Guild-Hall, after the Lord Mayor his ſaid adjournment by Proclaimation; And whereas upon the Oath of one, by the name of William Baly, that the ſaid Bethell did not depart according to the Proclaimation, but ſtayed there after the ſame, he was found guilty by the ſaid Jury. Now the ſaid Bethell, not only knowing himſelf not guilty, but being alſo able to prove the ſame, and by ſeveral credible Witneſſes, that he was at the time of the Adjornement in another place, and from thence went home, without ever coming at Guild-Hall or the Yard that Evening, hath endeavoured by all manner of ways to find out the ſaid William Baly who ſwore againſt him, but cannot learn from whence he came, nor whither he is gone; he the ſaid Bethell, doth therefore hereby Challenge the ſaid William Baly to appear, and either to make good his Oath againſt him in the Face of the World, or confeſs his miſtake, and clear him thereof; and in order thereunto, to leave word where he is to be found, either at the Houſe called Garraways Coffee-Houſe in the Exchange-Ally, or at Kid's Coffee-Houſe, both near the Royal-Exchange; otherwiſe the ſaid Bethell will hope to be reckoned guiltleſs, and the ſaid William Baly to have raſhly ſworn that which he was miſtaken in, and cannot Juſtifie.

And now upon the whole, it may be obſerved, that there being at the aforeſaid Adjournment (as is thought) at leaſt One thouſand perſons in the Hall, whereof ſeveral Hundreds of them, may well be ſuppoſed to know the perſon of the ſaid Bethell, eſpecially the Lord Mayors Officers, and Servants, by his having been lately Sheriff of London and Middleſex: If he the ſaid Bethell had been really in the Hall or Yard, at, or after the ſaid adjournment, there could not have wanted a Croud of Witneſſes to prove the ſame, inſtead of having the Proof thereof, to depend upon the Teſtimony of a Single perſon, that is not to be found.

SLINGISBY BETHELL.

LONDON: Printed, by J. Grantham, Anno. Dom. 1683.