John Neal proceedingsdefend was tried for stealing 17 yards of Silk Lutestring value 3l. on the 30th of January last, the Goods of George Mason proceedingsvictim of St. Martin's Ludgate ; the Prisoner confest, when taken, that his Wife bought the Silk, and that when he came to be taken, he lifted his Wife over the Pales to make her escape, and in all likelihood his Wife stole the Silk; there was no positive proof, and he said he had it of his Wife; he was reputed to be a very honest man by his Neighbours, working hard for his living (being an Inkhorn-maker by Trade). He was acquitted .