Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
17th May 1716
Daniel
Whitehead
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Sepulchres
, was indicted for an
Assault on the Person of
Abigail
Wood
proceedingsvictim
, and for robbing her of a Dimity Pocket, value 6 d.1 Pair of Gloves,6 d.1 Key,2 d. and 1.s 6 d. in Money
, on the 12th Instant. It was fully prov'd that the Fact was committed by the Prisoner, as the Prosecutor was passing thro' Newgate, and the Jury found him
Guilty
.
[Death. See summary.]