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FRANCIS BENSON <interp inst="t17760522-30-defend344" type="surname" value="BENSON"></interp>
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was indicted for <rs id="t17760522-30-off130" type="offenceDescription"> <interp inst="t17760522-30-off130" type="offenceCategory" value="theft"></interp>
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stealing a silver watch, value thirty shillings </rs>
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John Johnson <interp inst="t17760522-30-victim346" type="surname" value="Johnson"></interp>
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, <rs id="t17760522-30-cd131" type="crimeDate">May the 1st</rs>
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ANN JOHNSON <interp inst="t17760522-30-person347" type="surname" value="JOHNSON"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
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John Johnson <interp inst="t17760522-30-person348" type="surname" value="Johnson"></interp>
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; we live in <rs type="placeName" id="t17760522-30-crimeloc132">Great Turnstile</rs>
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, Holborn; my husband <rs id="t17760522-30-viclabel133" type="occupation">keeps a watchmaker's shop</rs>
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there: I saw the prisoner take the watch off the hook where I had just hung it; I seized him by the collar while he had the watch in his hand.</p>
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THOMAS POWELL <interp inst="t17760522-30-person349" type="surname" value="POWELL"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I am a constable: as I was going by Mr. Johnson's I saw a great mob; I went to assist Mr. Johnson; the prisoner said, as he had only taken the watch off the hook and not out of the house, it was but a misdemeanor; and he could only be imprisoned six months.</p>
<p>PRISONER's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>I am innocent of the charge.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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Baron HOTHAM <interp inst="t17760522-30-person350" type="surname" value="HOTHAM"></interp>
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<note>[Branding. See summary.]</note>
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<note>[Imprisonment. See summary.]</note>
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