Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
8th December 1762
53. (L.)
Charlotte
Bannerman
proceedingsdefend
, spinster
,
Alexander
Bannerman
proceedingsdefend
. and
Richard
Cooper
proceedingsdefend
, were indicted for,
forging the last will and testament of
Sarah
Arrowsmith
< no role >
, with intention to defraud
Linsted
Reeves
proceedingsvictim
, and for uttering the same, as true, knowing it to be forged
, &c.
On the counsel's opening, there appeared no foundation for a prosecution, and without going into the evidence, they were all three
Acquitted
.