Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
25th May 1721
William
Berridge
proceedingsdefend
, of St. James at Clerkenwell
, was indicted for
Assaulting
Richard
Cook
proceedingsvictim
Gent. on the High Way, on the 7th of March
last, and taking from him a Hat, a Silver Hilted Sword, a Silver Tooth-pick-Case, a Silver Box, a Penknife, a Silk Bed-Gown, and 9 s. 6 d. in Money
. But the Evidence not being sufficient, the Jury
Acquitted
him.