Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
28th August 1730
Richard
Quail
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Martin's in the Fields
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing a Silver Tankard, in the Dwelling-House
of
Anne
Raymond
proceedingsvictim
, the 15th of August
last. But it appearing by the Evidence, that the Tankard was taken away, rather in a drunken Frolick, than with a felonious Intent, the Jury
acquitted
him; but he having in his Cups proceeded so far as to offer the Tankard to Sale, the Court advis'd him to take Care how he got Drunk again.