1858 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (5)
| Record | |
|---|---|
| Date | 1858 |
| Topic | Counterfeit coin tendered as payment at the Robin Hood in Church Lane, St Giles |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-20. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[22 Nov. 1858:]
PATRICK MARA. I keep the Robin Hood public-house, Church-lane. On the Monday before 4th November, the prisoner came with another person, who called for a pint of porter, and threw down half-a-crown—I took it up, bent it in a detector, found it was bad, and returned it to him, saying that I would forgive him that time, and he had better keep away for the future, as I was rather too good a judge for him—on Thursday, 4th November, he came alone, called for a pint of porter, and gave me a bad shilling; I bent it in two places, told him I had forgiven him once, but would not forgive him a second time; sent for a constable, and gave him in custody—he then offered me another shilling, but I would not take it.
Prisoner. Q. Am not I a customer at your house? A. No, you are quite a stranger—I do not rent the house you live in next door—I am the landlord under the ground landlord, and the house is sub-let by two persons under me—it is a registered lodging-house, and I understand you lodge there occasionally by what I hear—I did not try to knock the shilling you offered me out of your hand—I did not put a hand to you—you were rather the worse for liquor.
DAVID HARRIS (Policeman, E 32). I was sent for to the Robin Hood, and took the prisoner—both his hands were clenched—I opened hit right hand, and found a good half-crown and a sixpence—I tried to open his left hand, but could not—I kept hold of that hand till we got to the station, where I got a sergeant and a constable to assist me, and opened his left hand, and found in it this counterfeit shilling, a good shilling, and four good sixpences, and in his pocket a penny.[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.
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Also see
- 1750 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1808 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1809 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (4)
- 1810 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1822 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1822 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (4)
- 1824 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (4)
- 1826 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1827 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1829 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (2)
- 1832 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1838 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (4)
- 1842 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- Robin Hood (St Giles).
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