Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
9th September 1691
Thomas
Sherwin
proceedingsdefend
, was Tryed for
breaking the House of
Martha
Bolton
proceedingsvictim
, Widow
, in Black-Fryers
, on the 3d. of February
last, taking away 4 Silver Spoons, value 40s. and 30l. in Money
. The Evidence was, That the Chest was broke open and the Money lost; but it being presumptuous against him, he was
acquitted
.