Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
14th October 1724
Simon
Jacobs , alias
Joseph Guest
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing 2 Guineas, and 3 s. 6 d. in Money
, the Property of
George
Harcourt
proceedingsvictim
, the 8th of August
last. The Prosecutor depos'd, that his Desk in the Crown-Office had been broke open 3 Times, and he lost Money, and enquiring of the Maid who she gave the Key to that Night, she told him to the Porter's Son; then examining
Thomas
Charlton
< no role >
the Porter's Son, he owned, that he had gotten the Key at the Desire of the Prisoner and 2 more, the one called
White Will
< no role >
, and the other
Jeremiah
Hill
< no role >
. He describ'd their Persons and Haunt, and the Prisoner was taken up by the Boy's Description and Account; That the two Persons before mentioned, and Prisoner, broke open the Desk with the Poker, and took out Money, he could not tell what, but they gave him 2 Guineas. The Jury found him
guilty
of the Indictment.
Transportation
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