160. (L.) John Brooke proceedingsdefend , was indicted for stealing one piece of linnen cloth containing 14 yards, value 8 s. the property of Thomas Burmage proceedingsvictim , privately in the warehouse , Feb. 2 . ||

The prisoner was porter to the prosecutor , who is a paper-hanging-maker , and lives on Ludgate-Hill . The prisoner had concealed the cloth mentioned in the indictment, and was going home at night, but before he got out of the shop he was stopped by the servants, who had before observed him, and the piece of linnen, (which was to paste behind the paper) found under his coat.

Guilty 4 s. 10 d .

[Transportation. See summary.]