Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

10th September 1712

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Ralph Parker proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate , was indicted for stealing a Flaxen Shirt, valued 2 s. the Goods of John Barns proceedingsvictim , on the 26th of August last. It was sworn, that the Shirt hung out in a Court a drying, and the Prisoner coming by, took it away, and upon pursuit was taken. He pretended he came under the Line where the Linnen hung, and the Shirt was catch'd by his Button. The Jury found him guilty to the value of 10 d.




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