excerpt from 'Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 08 February 2019), September 1754, trial of Jer. Main (t17540911-24)' (185 words)
excerpt from 'Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 08 February 2019), September 1754, trial of Jer. Main (t17540911-24)' (185 words)
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[Jer. Main, a tailor, was found not guilty of violet theft on 11 September 1754] Mary Foster: On the 17th of August last, between 6 and 7 o'clock in the morning, I was on the marsh wall, by the mill, at Poplar, walking along I was alone. […] There are no houses, it is an open field. I had two calicoe curtains in my hand belonging to Mr. Crush; the prisoner [Jer. Main] met me and stopped me.[…] He took me in his arms, and carried me into the rushes, betwixt the river Thames and the bank, without saying another word to me; there he used me in a very indecent manner [and stole my belongings]. […] Q. from the prisoner: Did I not ask you to go in at the first publick house to drink? [after the alleged attack] Foster. He asked me to go in at several alehouses, but I would not. I said, I would go to the farthest end of the street before I would drink. Q. How long is the street? Foster. It is a pretty long street. He came singing and whistling along the street. |
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