Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
23rd February 1682
John
Butter
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, a Broaker
in Drury lane, was brought into Court, and there put upon the Jury, which done, the Court proceeded to Try him; His Indictment was for
stealing silver Spoons
, one having been found as the Witnesses gave Evidence where he had sold it, but several people appearing to give Testimony of his Life and Conversation was
Acquitted
.