London. The Sessions House.
An arras is drawn, and behind it as in sessions sit the Lord Mayor,
Justice Suresby, and other Justices; Sheriff More and the other
Sheriff sitting by. Smart is the plaintiff, Lifter the prisoner at the
bar. Recorder, Officers.
Lord Mayor.
Having dispatched our weightier businesses,
We may give ear to petty felonies.
Master Sheriff More, what is this fellow?
More.
My lord, he stands indicted for a purse;
He hath been tried, the jury is together.
Lord Mayor.
Who sent him in?
Suresby.
That did I, my lord:
Had he had right, he had been hanged ere this;
The only captain of the cutpurse crew.
Lord Mayor.
What is his name?
An arras is drawn, and behind it as in sessions sit the Lord Mayor,
Justice Suresby, and other Justices; Sheriff More and the other
Sheriff sitting by. Smart is the plaintiff, Lifter the prisoner at the
bar. Recorder, Officers.
Lord Mayor.
Having dispatched our weightier businesses,
We may give ear to petty felonies.
Master Sheriff More, what is this fellow?
More.
My lord, he stands indicted for a purse;
He hath been tried, the jury is together.
Lord Mayor.
Who sent him in?
Suresby.
That did I, my lord:
Had he had right, he had been hanged ere this;
The only captain of the cutpurse crew.
Lord Mayor.
What is his name?
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