Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
26th April 1693
Robert
Beames
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, who broke the Goal of Newgate as aforesaid is made appear, was a second time Indicted, together with
Christian his Wife
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for
falsly Accusing one
Mr.
Jarvis
proceedingsvictim
of High Treason, by putting some Clippings and Files into Jarvis's House of Office
: There were others concerned with them in the Contrivance; and because Beames had Robbed Mr. Jarvis, they combined together to put this Trick upon him to take off his Evidence against Beames, which was fully Sworn, so Beames was found
guilty
, but his Wife was
Acquitted
.