Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
12th January 1722
William
Carter
proceedingsdefend
, of White Chappel
, was indicted for
stealing a Saddle, value 5 s.
the Goods of
James
Harvy
proceedingsvictim
, on the 8th of January
last. James Harvy depos'd that he lost the Saddle out of his Stable since Christmas, and found it again at Mr. Darby (a Saddlers Shop) in White Chappel. Darby depos'd, that he bought it of the prisoner a fortnight before Christmas; There being a Contradiction in the Evidence. The Jury
Acquitted
him.