197. RICHARD TREVAIS proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing, on the 12th of March , nine silk handkerchiefs, value 30 s. the property of George Billett proceedingsvictim .

GEORGE BILLETT < no role > sworn.

I am a linen draper , No. 120, Oxford-street . On the 12th of March I lost ninesilk handkerchiefs from the door of my shop; they were affixed to the door post; I saw them five minutes after they had been taken; a person whom I do not know picked them up, and gave them to me: the prisoner was taken immediately by William Earl < no role > .

(The handkerchiefs produced and deposed to.)

WILLIAM EARL < no role > sworn.

I was passing by Mr. Billett's, the 12th of March, about half past five, and I saw the prisoner take these handkerchiefs off from the door-post; he was going along the street, and rolling them up; I pursued and took him; hearing a person speak to me, he ran across Oxford-road, and dropt the handkerchiefs in the middle of the road; I ran after him, he fell down, and I took him: these are the handkerchiefs.

PRISONER's DEFENCE.

A man took the handkerchiefs, and chucked them down, and I took them up.

GUILTY .

Transported for seven years .

Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Lord KENYON.

Court. Where do you come from? speak the truth now.

Prisoner. I was born in Bandy-leg-walk; I came out of Drury-lane.

What has been your employment? - I am a leather clog maker , I have been employed by Mr. Crouch, in the Hay-market.