Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
21st April 1680
The first that we shall give account of is an
Irish Youth
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, who was Arraigned and tryed for
Robbing his
Master
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of about fifty pounds in Goods and money
, the circumstances thus, that the Prisoner being taken into service, and brought up by the Gentleman now Robbed, in Ireland, who coming over into England, took a house in the Strand
, the Youth observing the place where he laid his Money, took an opportunity one Morning betimes, to come into his Chamber softly, and opening his Cabinet. with a false Key, took thence forty pounds in Silver, and three twenty shilling pieces of Gold, and immediately went to Bristol, and there under the Name of a Servant
to a person of Honour, he endeavoured to take shipping for Ireland, but upon grose suspicions, being apprehended, the Robbery was made plain, the Gold and a good part of the Silver, being taken about him, his plea was, that he had the moneys by a Bill of Exchange from his Father, but could not make it out, so that all Circumstances cosidered, he was found
Guilty
of the Fellony.