Note 29 — Chapter V
Reading edition
Ibid., p. 292. The boy if he had stolen his master's money would be guilty of grand larceny, a capital offence at the time and consequently not tried at the Quarter Sessions. He was, therefore, recommitted to prison to await the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Gaol Delivery commonly called the Assizes.
The master probably withdrew the charge against the girl and Coachly, or they may have been so fortunate as that there was no evidence against them.