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was indicted for
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breaking and entering the dwelling-house of
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, with intent to cut and destroy twenty-five yards of wrought silk, value 5 l. the goods of
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, without his consent
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A second count for cutting and destroying the same.
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A third count for cutting and destroying it in the loom.
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I live in
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; on Sunday last while I was in my kitchen, I saw a light between seven and eight o'clock in Mr. Jacobs's shop; I heard Jacobs's name, I was alarmed; I went and met Jacobs at Mr. Daycock's, and desired him to let me have his key; I went up with a poker; I seized the prisoner, he catched hold of my poker, we struggled, and Mr. Jacobs and Mr. Daycock came and he was secured; I found the work cut in the loom ready to take away.
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What was the work? - A blue manteau, shot with white, cut in the loom and left there; it was cut clear from the reed; on examining the window, we found it open, and saw the mark of a foot, as if somebody had gone out there; I found a candle burning in the house, on the ledge of a wall; I saw nobody in the house but the prisoner; he was in the kitchen, standing upright in it, between seven and eight at night; we searched the prisoner, found nothing but a clasp knife, and some half-pence; I saw the light on the stair-case, on a pier of the wall.
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From the Prisoner. Whether he did not knock me down with a poker? - I did not knock him down, I had one which he endeavoured to take from me.
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JOHN DAYCOCK sworn.
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I am son-in-law of Mr. Jacobs; my father-in-law came the Sunday before last, after he came from church, to my house; I saw a light between seven and night in his shop; I said to my mother there is a light in my father's shop; my father went down, and I followed him to the bottom of the house; we went and opened the door; Mr. Curry goes in, and found the
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prisoner; the light I found in the workshop up one pair of stairs.
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Did the light change its situation? - When I first saw it, it was close to the window; a little time after, I saw a glimmering light, it seemed to me to be moving towards the stair-case, according to the appearance.
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I live at No. 9, Granby-row; I have three rooms in my house, kitchen, workshop and garret; when I returned home from church I went to my son-in-law's near five; I went in to put down my stick and hat; lock'd my door and went to my son-in-law's. In my workshop I had twenty-five yards of manteau, a blue shot with white, full twenty-one inches, and twenty-five made; every thing was secured ready for me to go to work; it was Mr. Fosset's property; my son-in-law saw the light;
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went and saw the door open; he secured the prisoner; I went, and the other young man, and helped to secure him; we examined, and found nobody there, but the work cut off, about two inches from the reed; I had not consented to it, it was all secure on the Saturday night when I left it.
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Cross-Examination.
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There was no other light, but the light upon the stairs?
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About six o'clock I went to shut my windows; we have but one below; I locked the door; my husband always bids me double lock it; I did that night, I am sure.
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I keep a shop in James-street, Bethnal-green; in the evening the prisoner came to my shop, and bought a candle; about seven o'clock that evening I hear a noise, went out and saw they had got the prisoner.
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MICHAEL FOSSET sworn.
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I am a weaver; Jacobs works for me; this manteau silk was my property; the piece was to be made longer; I did not consent to its being cut.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I had been walking up Bethnal-green, about a quarter after seven, I happened to stop to make water between this and another house, one of the gentlemen came up with a poker and knocked me down, and said I had robbed the house.
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice BULLER.
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