1824 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
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Date | 1824 |
Topic | Man indicted for theft at Robin Hood in Skinner Street |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[14 Jan. 1824:]
RICHARD FITSIMMONS was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of December, a pair of gloves, value 1 s., and a coat value 25 s., the goods of William Mitchell.
WILLIAM VICKEY. I keep the Robin Hood, public-house, Windmill-street. On the 27th of December, Mitchell was at my house; he took his coat off to dance to the fiddle. I sent my servant for his coat, and as I held it over to him, the prisoner said "Give it me and I will put it on his back." Mitchell was tipsy; he took it out of his hand and held it up to put it on Mitchell, but went out with it across his arm. This was five o'clock; he returned about eight, and I detained him.
Cross-examined by MR. PRENDERGAST. Q. Was Mitchell the only drunken man there - A. Yes. My house is frequented by tailors.
WILLIAM MITCHELL. I am a tailor. I was drunk, and might have sent the prisoner to pawn the coat, but I do not think that I did.
NOT GUILTY.[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
- 1799 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey
- 1800 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 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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