Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
20th April 1748
219. +
Richard
Worris , otherwise
Irishman
proceedingsdefend
, was indicted, together with
William
Brister
< no role >
,
James
Page
< no role >
,
Theophilus
Watson
< no role > This name instance is in set 3519.
,
James
Roberts
< no role >
,
John
Potbury
< no role > This name instance is in set 3511.
, otherwise Jack the Sailor,
William
Billingsly
< no role > This name instance is in set 3510.
, otherwise Gugg, and
Henry
Gadd
< no role > This name instance is in set 3513.
, otherwise Scamper, (
William
Lippy
< no role >
, and
Samuel
Bannister
< no role >
, not yet taken) for
assaulting
Joseph
Underwood
proceedingsvictim
on the King's highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a silver watch, value 50 s. two brass seals, value 2 s. and a hat, value 4 s. his property
, August 24, 1744
.
Mr. Underwood gave the same evidence as he did on a former trial*, when the above persons were tried, convicted and executed, for this and other street robberies (except
James
Page
< no role >
, who was acquitted;) but
William
Harper
< no role > This name instance is in set 3509.
, who gave the information against the Prisoner and the others, and was evidence against them, being dead, and there being no other satisfactory evidence to confirm Mr. Underwood's, he swearing only to the robbery, but not to the persons that committed it, the Prisoner was
acquitted
.
* See December Session in Sir
Henry
Marshall
< no role >
's mayoralty,
P.
< no role >
22. Trial No. 48. &c. when the above persons, with others of the Black Boy Alley gang, were tried.
He was likewise
charged with four other highway robberies, viz. for robbing Mr
.
Thomas
Pestell
proceedingsvictim
, Mr
.
William
Vaughan
proceedingsvictim
, Mr
.
Edward
Jones
proceedingsvictim
, and Mr
.
James
Hind
proceedingsvictim
, in company with the abovementioned criminals
, but
none of the Prosecutors appearing, he was likewise acquitted
upon these indictments.