Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

28th February 1722

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Edward Bird proceedingsdefend of St. Michael Queenhith , was indicted for feloniously stealing a Kilderkin of Ale, value 25 s. the Goods of Samuel Calcot proceedingsvictim , on the 13th of October last, and David Roberts proceedingsdefend , was indicted for feloniously receiving the same, knowing it to be stoln . It appear'd that the prisoner Roberts, and the Prosecutor Calcot used to keep Oxford Ale for sale in a Cellar, and that Bird, Robert's Servant, by mistake put one of Calcot's Kilderkins among his Masters, but finding his mistake own'd it presently. The Jury acquitted them, and the Court granted them a Copy of their Indictment.




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