Wesley Corpus

Mary Puiuies, of St. Peter’s Church-lane, deposes :--That on February 26, about seven in the evening, N. B. came to her house with a large mob, and asked where her husband was: that as soon as she appeared, he first abused her in the grossest terms, and then struck her on the head, so that it stunned her; and she verily believes, had not some within thrust to, and fastened the door, she should have been murdered on the spot. Exizasetu Garvecet, wife of Joseph Gardelet, corporal in Colonel Pawlet’s regiment, Captain Charlton’s company, deposes :---That on February 28, as she was going out of her lodgings, being big with child, she was met by Butler and his mob: that Butler, without any manner of provocation, immediately fell upon her, striking her with both his fists on the side of her head, which beat her head against the wall: that she endeavoured to escape from him; but he pursued her, and struck her several times in the face: that she ran into the school yard for shelter; but he followed, caught hold of her, saying, ‘‘ You whore, you stand on consecrated ground ;” and threw her with such force across the lane, that she was driven against the opposite wall: that when she had recovered herself a little, she made the best of the way to her lodging; but he still pursued her, and overtuok her, as she was going up the ‘stairs: that he struck her with his fist on the stomach. which stroke knocked her down backward: that, falling with the small of her back on the edge of one of the stairs, she was not able to rise again: that her pains immediately came upon her, and about two in the morning she miscarried. These, with several more depositions to the same effect, were, at the \ A eae ; ; } 482 REV. J. WESLEY’S JOURNAL. [ April, 1756.