Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 14 February 2019), June 1772, trial of WILLIAM BARRETT WILLIAM CHERRY JAMES SMITH, otherwise BARBER (t17720603-9)

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[William Barrett, William Cherry and James Smith (alias Barber) were found not guilty on 3 June 1772 of raping Ann Smith] 

[William Barrett]: The other two prisoners and Cherry's father and mother, and myself, had been to the play; we hired a coach at the corner of Catharine-street; we stopt at Temple Bar and went into a publick house to drink; the coachman came into the house, and told us, that a man and woman had got into our coach: we went and told them that we had taken the coach; Sherrard  [Ann Smith’s brother] swore we should not have it, for he would not get out […] Mrs. [Ann] Smith wanted to get out of the coach, but he would not let her; we got into the coach and the coachman drove off. She […] sung a song in the coach of the huntsman, all the way to Aldgate, and we all bore chorus; there were five besides her in the coach; we were not nine minutes in the coach going from Temple Bar to Aldgate[.]

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[James Smith (alias Barber)]: I never offended her, nor did I see any body else; she sung all the way and was very agreeable.

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