Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
6th December 1721
Nathaniel, alias
William Armstrong
proceedingsdefend
, and
Humphrey
Finger
proceedingsdefend
of St. Martins in the Fields
, were indicted for
assaulting
Richard
Philpot
proceedingsvictim
, on the Highway, putting him in fear, and taking from him a Silver Watch, value 7 l. a Guinea, and a Broad piece
, on the 23d of November
last: but the Evidence not being sufficient, the Jury
acquitted
them.