Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
28th February 1728
Mary
Harvey
proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 1520.
, and
John
Eaton
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Giles's in the Fields
, were indicted for
assaulting
Henry
Wilcox
proceedingsvictim
on the Highway, putting him in Fear, and taking from him a Silk Purse, value 6 d. and 11 Guineas and an Half Guinea
, on the 22d of October
last.
Henry
Wilcox
< no role >
depos'd, That on Sunday the 22d of October last, at 11 o'Clock at Night, as he had been advising about a Law Suit he had then depending, he met
Mary
Sullivane
< no role >
and
Sarah
Lawson, alias
Clark
< no role >
, in Rider's Court, and that he went with them to Castle Court, in Castle Street
, and there drank with them for some Time, when
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
came into the Room, whom he knew had Malice against him for some former Difference; and that afterwards, when he went out,
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
came up to him, and took the Money from him mention'd in the Indictment; and that after she had taken it,
John
Eaton
< no role >
and
David
Harvey
< no role >
knock'd him down, that he knew them all very well, and they knew him, but
John
Eaton
< no role >
and
David
Harvey
< no role >
made their Escape, whilst he secured
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
, who took his Money.
Mrs. Green depos'd, That on Sunday the 22d of October, about 11 at Night, she heard the Noise occasion'd by the Prosecutor and the Prisoners quarreling after they were gone out of her House, that she heard a Woman's Voice, crying out, Murder; going to see what the Matter was, she saw
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
and Wilcox in a high Dispute, she complaining of his assaulting her, and he saying she had robb'd him of 11 Guineas and a Cane; but this Deponent did not see that he was in the least Dirty, tho' he said he was knock'd down by
John
Eaton
< no role >
and
David
Harvey
< no role >
.
The Constable depos'd, That when they were brought to the Watch house,
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
charg'd Wilcox, and Wilcox charg'd
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
, each complaining of the Wrong they had suffer'd; but this Deponent did not discover, by any Marks of Dirt, or otherwise, that Wilcox had been knock'd down. This was likewise confirm'd by the Deposition of
George
Smith
< no role >
.
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
said in her Defence, That there having been several Disputes in Law between them, Wilcox had done this out of Malice; to prove this, she produc'd an Evidence, who swore directly, that
Henry
Wilcox
< no role >
offer'd her five Guineas, if she would swear that
Mary
Harvey
< no role >
robb'd him of 11 Guineas and an Half; but she knowing nothing of the Matter, would not be tempted to forswear herself. This evidently proved, that the Prosecutor's Charge against them was unjust, upon which the Jury
acquitted
them.