Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
12th January 1722
Henry
Murray
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Giles's Cripplegate
, was indicted for
privately stealing a Silk Handkerchief, value 2 s. from the Person of
Jacob
Smith
proceedingsvictim
, on the 10th or December
last. Jacob Smith depos'd that coming down the Isle in Cripplegate Church
, the People crowding thick, he thought he felt something go from him, and searching his Pocket, miss'd his Handkerchief. That he charg'd the prisoner with it, and found it upon him. The prisoner said he found it on the Ground. The Jury found him
guilty to the value of 10 d.
[Transportation. See summary.]