Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
26th February 1729
Valantine
Coltis
proceedingsdefend
, was indicted for
assaulting
James
Dixon
proceedingsvictim
in the Street, and taking from him a Gold Ring
, but it appearing the Prosecutor was not certain when he apprehended the Prisoner, that he was the Person who stole the Ring, and afterwards indicted him on a Quarrel, the Jury
acquitted
him, and the Court ordered him a Copy of his Indictment.