Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th May 1771
354. (M.)
George
Brace
proceedingsdefend
was indicted for
stealing one saddle, value 5 s. and a saddle value 6 d.
the property of
Gilbert
Park
proceedingsvictim
, April 27
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John
Odel
< no role >
. I met the prisoner early in the morning with a bag; I thought it suspicious, I stopped him; he said it was some victuals his brother had given him, some fowls and meat: I found it so, and also this saddle and saddle-cloth (producing them.)
Henry
Greyham
< no role >
. I know the saddle and saddle-cloth; they are the property of my master, Mr. Park. On Friday night I had a saddle-cloth, and used it upon a mare of my master's, and locked it up; about seven o'clock I missed them. On Saturday and on Monday I saw them at the justices; there I knew them very well. The prisoner when charged with stealing them, said, as he was going along the road early in the morning he found them.
Prisoner's Defence.
I have no friends; they have attended some days, but are not here now. I found these things upon the road.
Guilty
T
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