Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
10th September 1718
Thomas
Saul
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Buttolphs Aldgate
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing 8 Bushels of Meal, value 30 s.
the property of
Elisha
Collet
proceedingsvictim
, the 12th of August
last. The Evidence deposed that the Goods being Landed on the Wharf of
Elizabeth
Fletcher
< no role >
, the Prisoner came about One a Clock at Night and was carrying them off, to put into his Boat but being discovered was pursued and taken. The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, but it being plainly prov'd, the Jury found him
guilty
of the Felony.
Transportation
.