Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
5th July 1727
John
Perkins
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Clement Danes
, was indicted for
privately stealing 8 Yard and a Half of Shalloon, value 8 s.
on the 6th of this Instant July
, the Goods of
John
Billbary
proceedingsvictim
.
Mary
Sage
< no role >
depos'd, That she saw the Prisoner take the Goods mentioned in the Indictment, and being pursued, she saw him drop them: Which Evidence being plain against him, the Jury found him
guilty to the Value of 4 s. and 10 d.
[Transportation. See summary.]