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Not only did the open areas see "mollies', named so either according to the Latin word for "soft" or echoing a real name of many female immigrant prostitutes from Ireland, but most alehouses and coffee houses had a room out back for already agreed gay men, where they could find the privacy they sought.

However, the regular gatherings were disliked by the society. Neither did the 18th century judicial system recognise homosexual relations regarding it as assault and punished with fine, confinement, pillory or hanging. The 18th century Old Bailey records describe 85 trials for sodomitical offences and 50 for blackmailing, [15] notably recording the name of Charles Hitchen as "under City Marshal, formerly a Cabinet-maker in St.

Paul's Churchyard", who committed "that detestable Sin of Sodomy". Although Charles Hitchen was married, he was an active homosexual. His hefty figure "with a long peruke and sword" was not an unfamiliar sight in Moorfields, strolling down the "sodomite walk". Williamson told his relative about the intercourse, and the two returned to the same tavern a week later to catch Hitchen with some other person.

They got the cook of the tavern to fetch a watchman and had the marshal arrested. It is considered unlikely that Williamson and his relative spied on Hitchen on their own, as the regular constabulary was firmly under Hitchen's control. Most probably, he had long become an object of disgust for Reforming constables from the same Society, hence their readiness or involvement in Hitchen's prosecution.

The trial was held on 12 April Hitchen was indicted for an assault of sodomy that he committed on 29 March and later for a misdemeanour, both on the same person, Richard Williamson. The prosecutor provided embarrassing details of the crime to the jury. Along the way in each bar Hitchen offered either beer or wine and showed disgraceful manners.

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Williamson said he wanted to leave the marshal but was not allowed to, being forced to leave his hat with him and receiving a little money in return. According to Williamson's testimony he was persuaded to follow the marshal into the room, where he "did all that a beastly appetite could prompt him to".

Williamson reported going to his relative, Joseph Cockrost, who took him back to the tavern and asked to be informed as soon as the prisoner appeared, which happened the following Saturday. In his testimony Cockrost mentioned knocking at the door after seeing "filthy actions" through the keyhole.

When opening the door he took the marshal by the collar and threatened him, saying, "I'll whip you through the Gills" when he laid his hand on the sword. Testimonies were given by a servant of the tavern proving to have seen the same scene with the prosecutor, a constable, John Carter, watchmen and some character witnesses.

The constable opposed the watchmen, who were probably trying to accuse Williamson of inventing the story. At last, the prisoner was acquitted of actual sodomy and found guilty on the second charge, assault. The newspapers carried details of his crime and trial, and they also announced the exact place and time of his pillorying.

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He was put in the stocks on 26 April or 2 May A barricade of coaches and carts was placed around the stocks by constables and others referred to as "friends and brethren" by the newspapers. Despite the obstacle, the crowd, composed mostly of prostitutes from Drury Lane , broke the line and beat the marshal viciously.

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The torrent of filth and stones tore the clothes of the pilloried and the Under-Sheriff removed Hitchen from the stocks long before the hour was out in order to save his life. After several weeks Hitchen recovered enough to charge three men with assault. He then served his six months in prison.

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Attempts to remove him from his post were in vain. He died about a month later, probably as a result of complications from injuries received in the pillory. His widow petitioned the courts for relief and received a pound annuity. Jake Arnott features him heavily in his novel The Fatal Tree. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Charles Hitchen. Wolverhampton , Staffordshire , England. Retrieved 14 November Jonathan Wild, Prince of Robbers.

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