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

16th January 1723

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Thomas Wykes proceedingsdefend of St. Leonard Shoreditch , was Indicted for feloniously stealing two Cheeses, value 12 s. in the Shop of Henry Barns proceedingsvictim , the 15th of January last. It appear'd the Prisoner took an Opportunity to take the Cheese out of the Shop, and run away with it, but being perceiv'd, was pursued and taken. The Prisoner own'd the Fact. The Jury found him guilty to the Value of 10 d. To be Whipp'd .




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