1800 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1800 |
| Topic | Man Who stole watch located at "the Robin Hood, St. James's" |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-21. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[17 Sep. 1800:]
MARY DUFFEY sworn. - I live at No. 27, Leicester-square, I am a single woman; I was a servant there: On the 29th of August, the prisoner came to see a fellow-servant of mine; my watch was in my box, in a room in the kitchen; I was at my box, when my mistress called me up stairs; I went up stairs, and left my box open; when I came down, my watch was gone; I left Scott in the kitchen alone; when I missed my watch, I went in search of the prisoner, and found him at the Robin Hood, St. James's; I asked him what he had done with my watch, and he said, I was a fool; I told him, if he did not give it me, I would charge the watch with him; then, he said, he had only meant to frighten me; afterwards, he said, he had pawned it, that he did not think I would have followed him for two or three days; that I should know it was him that took it, and he meant to bring it back; he gave me the duplicate; I went to the pawnbroker's, and found the watch, but the seal was taken off; I immediately went back to his lodgings, and he said, he sent another man to pawn it for him, and it must be that man that took it off.
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Lists
- 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
- 1824 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1834 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1848 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1868 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (4)
- Robin Hood (St James, Westminster).
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