Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
10th September 1718
Esan
Vincent
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and
Mary
Bond
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were indicted, the former for
feloniously stealing 173 pound of Lead, value 12 s.
the Property of the Lady
Katherine
Jones
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, the 17th of July
last; and the latter for
receiving it being stolen
. It appeared that the Lead was taken from the Freehold, and not the Dwelling House; thereupon they were
acquitted
of that Indictment.
Esan Vincent, was indicted a second time for
a Trespass in stealing 1000 pound of Lead
, the Property of the Lady Katherine Jones. It appeared by the Evidence, that the Lead was taken off from the Lady's Green-House, and the Prisoner was taken carrying some of it away. The Jury thereupon found him
guilty
of the Trespass.
Find 13 s.4 d.
and
six Months Imprisonment
.