excerpt from 'Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 31 January 2019), January 1732, trial of Benjamin Loveday (t17320114-31).' (187 words)
excerpt from 'Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 31 January 2019), January 1732, trial of Benjamin Loveday (t17320114-31).' (187 words)
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[The jury acquitted Benjamin Loveday of violet theft] Benjamin Loveday, of St. Giles's in the Fields , was indicted for assaulting Catherine, the Wife of Charles Burkett putting her in Fear, and taking from her a Ticking Pocket, value 2 d. and 5 s.[…] December 13 [1731] Mrs. Burkett. On the 13th of December, near 5 in the Evening, as I and my Mother were going a-long Luke's-Street , by the Romish-Chapel , two Fellows came up to us, one of them catched at my Pocket, and pass'd me, the other, who was the Prisoner, came and took fast hold of it. What does the Fellow want? says I, and gave him a Cuff, that beat off his Hat and Wig. Upon this the first of them ran away; but the Prisoner taking up his Hat and Wig, swore at me, snatch'd my Pocket off, push'd me up towards the Wall, and brnised my Thigh against a Post, and ran away […] John Barret, Constable: About New-Year's-Day, it being my Watch Night, I heard a Noise of singing and Rioting in the Street, and sent out the Watchmen, who brought in the Prisoner and his Companion. |
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