Benjamin Shewcross proceedingsdefend , of St. Martins in the Fields , was Indicted for feloniously stealing 4 Cocks, value 10 s. and 13 Hens, 26 s. the Goods of David Randal proceedingsvictim , on the 30th of December last. It appear'd that the Prosecutor lost his Fowls in the Night time. Upon enquiry he found most of them, in the Hands of divers Persons, who all prov'd they bought them of the Prisoner; and he giving no account of his Property in the same, the Jury found him guilty of Felony.

[Branding. See summary.]