John Turner proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 3066. , and John Linstead proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Martin in the Fields , were indicted for assaulting John Hern proceedingsvictim , on the Highway, and taking from him 7 Guineas and a half , the 14th of April last. They were indicted a second Time for assaulting and robbing Nathaniel Collins proceedingsvictim , of a Silver Watch, value 40 s. and 4 s. in Money, at the Time aforesaid . The Prosecutors depos'd, That having been at Kensington, as they were coming back in a Coach they were attack'd by two Men with Pistols, on Horseback, between Hide Park Corner , and Pimlico , and robb'd of the Money. &c. in the Indictment. That though they would not swear positively the Prisoners were the Men, they then having black Crape over their Faces, yet by their size and Voices they did verily believe they were. The Prisoners calling some Evidences to prove their being elsewhere at the Time the Robbery was committed, the Jury Acquitted them.

John Turner, was indicted a second Time for a Misdemeanour, in cutting the Yard of Richard Dowdeswell proceedingsvictim , the 17th of April last. It appear'd by the Evidence, That the Prosecutor Keeping a Coachyard , in which stood a great many Coaches , the Prisoner was taken in the Yard, at two a Clock in the Morning, and that when he was taken he pretended he shelter'd himself there for Fear of being arrested ; but that appearing but a frivolous Excuse, considering the Time, he pretended at the Bar it was from an Apprehension of being taken up for a Deserter, he having been one. The Jury found him Guilty , and he was sentenc'd to suffer Six Months Imprisonment .