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The arraignment, trial, and condemnation of Squire Lottery, alias Royal-Oak Lottery
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that has defended him so long from the Correction of the Law Our third Witness is Mr. Cringe a French Refugee and he swears he was decoy'd into his Company by one of the Whores in ordinary that ply at his Office that he sharp'd him out of 400 Pistols in three Mornings that he treated and caress'd him till he had got all he had and then barbarously turn'd him off with Scorn and Contempt Gentlemen This is a very strong Confirmation of the Evidence given against him by Captain Pasthope and Mr. Frivolous especially of that part of it that relates to his Rules and Methods of trepanning and his Cruelty to the Persons he has ruin'd The last Witness is the Widow Turbulent and her two Daughters The Widow deposes she knows him to be a common Cheat and withal flatly charges him upon her own experience with Whoredom and Adultery The two Daughters swear him to be a grand Fornicator and for a farther proof of their Evidence declare that they could have brought several of their Neighbours Wives and Daughters to have confirm'd their Testimony Gentlemen These were all the Witnesses we thought proper to call we had multitudes in a readiness if there had been any occasion for 'em but these I 'm confident in the sense of the Law are sufficient to prove our Indictment The Prisoner in his Defence tells you he perceives the Tide of Prejudice runs very high against him that he 's a married Protestant and seems to insinuate that whatever he did was in the prosecution of his Office and under the Shadow of Authority He tells you further that Covetousness and Cheating are the inseparable Companions of a Gamester and then appeals to your selves if a little useful lying and falshood be not in some cases both tolerable and commendable He further insinuates that if all the Cheats and Knaves of the Kingdom were call'd to the Bar and executed there would be none but a few Fools left to defend the Commonwealth Besides this he calls three Witnesses to prove his Reputation The first is one Captain Quondam a West Country Gentleman as he calls himself of his Majesty's own Dominions of the Kingdom of Ireland c. He tells you he 's a Captain born and came over to England the last year of his Sovereign Lord King James he says he has been often in his company at Tunbridg Epsom c. And for a conclusion swears by his Soul he believes him to be a very honest Man and a good Christian But Gentlemen this is all but Irish Testimony He cannot deny at the same time but he 's one of his Dependants and so upon the whole I think there 's very little regard to be given to what he has swore The next he calls is one Mr. Scamper and he truly tells him he has known him but a very little time and gives him an unlucky Memorandum into the bargain upon the account of his being in company with two Female Cits while they lost all their Money and Jewels He tip'd him the wink and a couple of Guineas he says and that 's all he can say of him from his own experience The last Witness was one Mrs. Allport a Coffee-woman and she swears she indeed knows him very well to be a Person of wonderful Vigour and Performance she has known him in the capacity of a Maid Wife and Widow it seems and swears too he 's as honest a Man as the best of 'em all and thinks 't is very hard that he must not make the best of his business but he 's in danger to be hang'd for 't This Gentlemen is the substance both of the Evidence against him and his Defence Now Gentlemen if from the whole you don't think the Prisoner at the Bar Guilty of what he 's accus'd then you 're to acquit him if you do you 're to bring him in Guilty And so I 'll give you no farther trouble upon the Subject Then the Jury withdrew to consider of their Verdict and an Officer was sworn to keep them according to Law till agreed and about a quarter of an hour afterwards they return'd into Court and the Prisoner was brought again to the Bar and found Guilty according to the Indictment The next opportunity he was brought to the Bar again to offer what he had to say for stop of Judgment and afterwards received Sentence together with Mr. Auction and Dr. Land-Bank who were both Try'd Convicted and Condemn'd and their Trials will be publish'd with all possible speed FINIS
THE TRIAL OF Squire Lottery THE ARRAIGNMENT TRIAL AND CONDEMNATION OF Squire Lottery ALIAS Royal-Oak Lottery LONDON Printed and Sold by A. Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane 1699. THE Trial and Condemnation OF Squire Lottery c. Die Lunae vicesimo die Martii 1698 9 Anno Regni c. AT the Time and Place appointed came on the Trial of Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery for abundance of intolerable Tricks Cheats and high Misdemeanors upon an Indictment lately found against him in order to a National Delivery About ten of the Clock the day and year aboversaid the Managers came into the Court where in the presence of a vast confluence of People of all Ranks the Prisoner was ordered to the Bar and requir'd to hold up his Hand as he did accordingly Proclamation being made and a Jury of good Cits which were to try the Prisoner being sworn the Indictment against Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery was read The Jurors Names Mr. Positive a Draper in Covent-garden Mr. Squander an Oilman in Fleetstreet Mr. Pert a Tobacconist ditto Mr. Captious a Milliner in Pater-noster Row Mr. Feeble a Coffeeman near the Change Mr. Altrick a Merchant in Gracechurch-street Mr. Haughty a Vintner by Grays-Inn Holborn Mr. Jealous a Cutler at Charing-cross Mr. Peevish a Bookseller in St. Pauls Church-yard Mr. Spilbook near Fleet-bridg Mr. Noysie a Silkman upon Ludgate-hill Mr. Finical a Barber in Cheapside Cl. of Ma. Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery you stand Indicted by the Name of Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery for that you the said Squire Lottery not having the Fear of God in your Heart nor weighing the Regard and Duty you owe and of right ought to pay to the Interest Safety and Satisfaction of your Fellow-Subjects have from time to time and at several times and in several places contrary to the known Laws of this Kingdom under the shadow and coverture of a Royal Oak propagated continued and carried on a most unequal intricate and insinuating Game to the utter ruin and destruction of many thousand Families And that you the said Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery as a common Enemy to all young People and an inveterate Hater of all good Conversation and Diversion have for many years last past and do still continue by certain cunning Tricks and Stratagems insidiously falsly and impiously to trepan deceive cheat decoy and entice divers Ladies Gentlemen Citizens Apprentices and others to play away their Money at manifest Odds and Disadvantage And that you the said Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery the more secretly and effectually to carry on and propagate your base malicious and covetous Designs and Practices did and do still encourage several lewd and disorderly Persons to meet propose treat consult consent and agree upon several unjust and illegal Methods how to ensnare and entangle People into your delusive Game by which means you have for many years last past utterly intirely and irrecoverably contrary to all manner of Justice Humanity or good Nature despoiled deprav'd and defrauded an incredible number of Persons of every Rank Age Sex and Condition of all their Lands Goods and Effects and from the Ruins of multitudes built fine Houses and purchas'd large Estates to the great scandal and reflection on the Wisdom of the Nation for suffering such an intolerable Impostor to pass so long unpunish'd What say'st thou Squire Lottery art thou guilty of the foresaid Crimes Cheats Tricks and Misdemeanours thou standst Indicted of or not Guilty Lottery Not Guilty But before I proceed to make my Defence I beg I may be permitted the assistance of three or four learned Sharpers to plead for me in case any Matter of Law arise This was agreed to and the Cryer having made Proclamation according to form one of the Managers addresses himself to the Jury 1st Manager Gentlemen of the Jury the Prisoner at the Bar stands Indicted for propagating abetting and encouraging a most unequal scandalous and dangerous Game a Game that if the common Report that passes upon it be true has ruin'd more than a hundred thousand Families I need not tell you he 's an old Offender or indeed use any expressions or spend any of your time to aggravate his Crime if we can prove the Matters he stands charg'd with in the Indictment I suppose you 'l be sufficiently satisfy'd you ought to find him Guilty 2d Manag Gentlemen of the Jury the Prisoner Squire Lottery alias Royal-Oak Lottery stands charg'd with Crimes so very high and notorious that I cannot name 'em without astonishment the debauching our Youth the deluding our Wives Servants and Apprentices the destruction of whole Families and the yearly ruin of incredible Multitudes are all of that dangerous Consequence that a Man that has any regard or feeling for his Country cannot name 'em without the deepest concern and dissatisfaction But Gentlemen that I may not seem in any respect to whet the Edg of Justice I will forbear to make any further Reflections and so we 'l call our Witnesses and if we can prove the matters of fact set forth in the Indictment which we do not doubt then you are to find him Guilty Cla. of Man Call Captain Pasthope 1st Man Sir Do you know Squire Lottery the Prisoner at the Bar Pasthope Yes I have known him intimately for near 40 years ever since the Restoration of King Charles 1st Man Pray will you give the Bench and Jury an Account what you know of him how he came into England and how he has behav'd himself ever since Pasthope In order to make my Evidence more plain I hope it will not be judg'd much out of form to premise two or three things 1st Man Mr. Pasthope Take your own method to explain your self we must not abridg or direct you in any respect Pasthope In the years 60 and 61 among a great many poor Cavaliers 't was my hard fate to be driven to Court for a Subsistence where I continued in a neglected state painfully waiting the moving of the Waters for several months when at last a Rumour was spread that a certain Stranger was landed in England that in all probability if we could get him the Sanction of a Patent would be a good Friend to us all Man You seem to intimate as if he was a Stranger pray do you know what Countryman he was Pasthope The report of his Country was very different some would have him a Walloon some a Dutchman some a Venetian and others a Frenchman indeed by his Policy cunning Design Forethought c. I am very well satisfied he could be no Englishman Man What kind of Credentials did he bring with him to recommend him with so much advantage Pasthope Why he cunningly took upon him the Character of a Royal Oak Lottery and pretended a mighty Friendship to antiquated Loyalists but for all that there were those at Court that knew he had been banish'd out of several Countries for disorderly Practices till