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

11th October 1721

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Thomas Mitchel proceedingsdefend of St. John at Wapping , was indicted for feloniously stealing 5 Leather Stools value 10 s. the Goods of Daniel Egg proceedingsvictim , on the 28th of September last. He was a second time indicted for feloniously stealing, 1 Bed value 7 s. and 1 Quilt value 3 s. the Goods of James Rammidge proceedingsvictim on the 23d of September last. Daniel Egg deposed, that he had charge of the Ship called The Royal Exchange , that he found the Ship broke open and the Goods gone, which he found at the Prisoner's House. James Rammidge < no role > deposed, that his Bed and Quilt was taken out of the Ship called The Three Johns, and that he found them at the Prisoner's: The finding the Goods at the Prisoner's House was confirmed by another Evidence. The Prisoner in his Defence said, that his Shipmate brought the Goods to him desiring him to keep them for him till he return'd from Sea, and he did not know but that he came honestly by them. The Jury considering the matter found him Guilty to the value of 10 d. each Indictment , Transportation .




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