Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
21st October 1772
800. (2d. M.)
WILLIAM
SPIERS
proceedingsdefend
was indicted for
stealing four silver table spoons, value 30 s.
the property of
William
Francis
proceedingsvictim
, Oct. 19
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William
Francis
< no role >
deposed, that the prisoner worked for him; that his house was broke open on the 19th of October, and the spoons mentioned in the indictment were stolen.
- Clark deposed, that when the prisoner was taken, be confessed that he had stole the spoons, and said his mother should restore them, which she did.
The prisoner said nothing in his defence.
Guilty
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