613. THOMAS ROBERTS proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing a silver quart mug, value 4 l. the property of Richard Hall proceedingsvictim , July 4th .

RICHARD HALL < no role > sworn.

The prisoner with several other gentlemen were drinking in a back room in my house; that the rest of the gentlemen went away, and the prisoner was left last in the room; the tankard stood before him; when the prisoner was gone I missed the tankard; the bottom of it was afterwards found at a silversmith's, where it was sold by a pawnbroker; it had on the bottom of it the initials of my brother's name, whose property it had been, and the number of ounces it weighed when it was entire.

MICHAEL WIGGINS < no role > sworn.

I was the last of the company that was in the room, except the prisoner; I saw the tankard stand before the prisoner when I left the room.

JOHN SCOTT < no role > sworn.

I am a pawnbroker: I bought a mug of the prisoner on the 11th of July, and sold it to one Mr. Stamp, a silversmith.

JAMES STAMP < no role > sworn.

I bought the mug of the last witness; I wanted some silver; I cut the bottom off and put it behind the counter; Mr. Millar came and found it; I marked I S upon it when I bought it of Mr. Scott, and I am sure that which has been produced is the same.

Mr. WILLIAM MILLAR < no role > sworn.

I am one of the city marshals; the prisoner was brought before my Lord Mayor; two memorandum books were found upon him; by a memorandum, which was only in initials, I found the tankard had been sold to John Scott < no role > , a pawnbroker, in Primrose-street, on the 11th of July; I went there and found that Mr. Scott had sold it to a Mr. Stamp, where I afterwards found the bottom of it.

JOHN DUNCASTLE < no role > sworn.

I am a constable: I found the memorandum books upon the prisoner, and they were delivered to Mr. Millar.

PRISONER's DEFENCE.

I am innocent of the fact; I am not the person that sold it to Mr. Scott.

GUILTY .

Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.

[Imprisonment. See summary.]