1762 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1762 |
| Topic | Casks stolen from the Robin Hood, Charles II Street, near St James's Place |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2022-05-17.
Record
[17 Sep. 1762:]
Mr. Pierce. I live at the Robin-hood, in Charles-Street, St. James's-square. Mess. Mason and Co. are my brewers; when casks are empty, I put them out into the stable-yard, because we want room in the cellar.
Mr. Mason. There are three partners of us; Wm Mason, Wm Lake, and Hen. Mason.
Thomas Earle. I am cooper to Mess. Mason and Co. I was at Mr. Clark's, in order to search, and found some butt staves with our mark upon them (produced in court); I found some staves, where it plainly appeared the marks had been cut out; I also saw whole butts with the marks cut out: On his cross examination, he said, he had known brewer's butts sold by auction, when a person had left off trade; but then it was not usual to cut the old marks out; that he never knew his masters to sell casks; that he remembered two being missing at the Robin-hood, in Charles-street, and that they had Mr. Mason's mark on them. [1]
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- Not included in Sussex, Lucy, compil. 'References to Robin Hood up to 1600', in: Knight, Stephen. Robin Hood: A Complete Study of the English Outlaw (Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1994), pp. 262-88.
Sources
Also see
- 1762 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1800 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1802 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1812 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- Robin Hood (St James's Square).
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