1875 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
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Date | 1875 |
Topic | Counterfeit coin tendered as payment in the Robin Hood, Robin Hood Court |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2018-06-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-08.
Record
[1 Mar. 1875:]
GEORGE FREDERICK WEAR. I keep the Robin Hood in Shoe Lane—on 19th February, about 5.30, I served the prisoner with half a pint of porter 1d. worth of tobacco—he put down a florin, and I saw that it was had before I served him—I told him so, and he broke it, put the pieces in his pocket, and gave me two pence—the customers in the bar would not lot him go till he gave up the pieces—he was searched by an inspector, who found another bad florin on him, and I gave him in charge with the broken pieces.
FREDERICK CARTER (City Police Inspector). I was called to the Robin Hood, and found the prisoner there—I asked him how he became posseed of the bad florin—he made no reply—I searched him, and found in his pocket another bad florin, three good sixpences, and 1s—the land lorgrab me this broken florin.[1]
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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.
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Also see
- 1692 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1813 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1831 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1832 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1834 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (1)
- 1834 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1838 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (3)
- 1838 - Proceedings of the Old Bailey (6)
- Robin Hood (Holborn).
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