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stealing four gold shirt-buckles, value 36 s. eight silver shirt-buckles set with stones, value 20 s. and two silver stock-buckles </rs>
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. On the 25th of March, in the evening, we suppose we lost the things mentioned in the indictment, by a pane of glass being broke; we did not know of it till the 26th in the morning; one of the shutters was open; I was called up immediately, to look to see whether I had missed any thing. I had brushed the shirt-buckles and things in a drawer that stood just by the broken pane, but the morning before: I missed out of that drawer, to the best of my knowledge, either fourteen or fifteen shirt-buckles; I am clear to six gold ones, and about nine silver ones, and two silver stock-buckles; we found a piece of the broken glass close by the drawer; that drawer was always uncovered; Mr. Dealtry made a hook of wire, and I saw him try through the broken glass, and he easily could come at the things in the drawer. I went and spoke of this to two or three shops; on the Friday<xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="176612170028"></xptr>
evening following, the two prisoners were taken, for breaking Mr. Barnes's shew-glass in Duck-lane: on the Saturday morning Mr. Barnes came to my house; I found the prisoners were to be examined before my Lord-Mayor, at the Mansion-house; that day I went there; the prisoners were there, and there were eight stone shirt-buckles produced, of different sorts, and four gold ones, one in silver gilt, and two silver stock-buckles; (produced in court) they are all our property; there is one gold buckle larger than any that are in the trade; two of them have green and white paste mixed: <rs type="persName" id="t17661217-35-person367"> <interp inst="t17661217-35-person367" type="role" value=""></interp>
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said, he did not deny them to be my property; he said, he found them at the new buildings in Cornhill. I know nothing of the other prisoner.</p>
<p>Mr. Barnes. I live in Duck-lane, I am a watchmaker, and keep a silversmith's shop; on Friday the 28th of November I was at work at my window; I saw the two prisoners come up to it between two and three in the afternoon; soon after that I observed two more; the prisoners came up towards that part where I was at work; the other two kept their heads close to the shew-glasses; I had some suspicion of them; I sent my daughter out to see if the glasses were safe; she came and said one was broke, and some things taken out; Miller stared me full in the face; I went over the counter; Doyle went off; I took Miller at the end of the lane; he was walking fast, but did not run; as soon as I got him to the door, Doyle came again, and said, Lord! what is the matter; I knowing him, said, you are the other; and I took hold of him, and pushed him into the shop, and sent for a constable; when he came, Miller took out his handkerchief, and laid it on the ground, and said, that is my handkerchief and gloves, there can be nothing in that; now search me, and welcome. The constable searched one of his pockets, and found nothing in it. Miller took his handkerchief from the ground, and put it into his left-hand coat-pocket; there was a woman in the shop; she said, she heard something rattle in his handkerchief, search the handkerchief; upon that, he took his handkerchief by one corner, and strove to take it out of his pocket; the constable took hold of it; I saw this shagreen case here produced; I said, how came you by this case; said he, I bought it; I said, what trade are you; he said, a blacksmith; I said, blacksmiths do not buy such things as these by the dozen; I gave them into the care of the constable. Upon searching Doyle, there were two pair of buckles found upon him, one silver, the other iron plated; by enquiring among the shops, I was informed, Mr. Dealtry had lost some buckles; I went to him; he said, his wife could describe them, she having the care of that part of his business; he sent her; she described the buckles before she saw them, that we had in the shagreen case, and said, she had lost more; before the Lord-Mayor Miller said, he found the case and buckles behind a gutter in Cornhill, when he went to make water.</p>
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I live with Mr. Flude, at the bottom of Wood-street; a man came to our shop on the 26th of November, betwixt twelve and one, to offer some buckles; he brought in a shirtbuckle, to know if it was gold; he said he found three in St. Paul's Church-yard; he said, a friend had the other two just by; he went out, and brought them in in about four minutes; I asked his friend's name; he said, his name was <rs type="persName" id="t17661217-35-person369"> <interp inst="t17661217-35-person369" type="role" value=""></interp>
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in Bow-street: I told him, one was gold, but believed the other two were not; I was for stopping them; he strove to snatch them out of my hand, and said, if I would not give him them, he would break my head; he went out, and brought his friend along with him; that friend was Doyle, who said, he was along with him when he found them in St. Paul's Church-yard; then I delivered them; then I saw Miller standing at the paved stones, opposite our house; they went out to him, and they all three went away together.</p>
<p>Q. Look at these here produced, were they like any of these?</p>
<p>Ashley. The plain gold hearts are like them, but I cannot pretend to swear to them; he brought a garnet set in gold.</p>
<p>Mrs. Dealtry. I lost a garnet buckle set in gold; I have the fellow to it here (producing it.)</p>
<p>(Ashley takes it in his hand) It was such a one.</p>
<p>Doyle's defence.</p>
<p>I never was at that pawnbroker's in my life.</p>
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, of Monmouth-court, and <rs type="persName" id="t17661217-35-person372"> <interp inst="t17661217-35-person372" type="role" value=""></interp>
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, who said, he had been a waiter at several coffee-houses, and they knew no ill of him.</p>
<p>Miller's defence.</p>
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things in it; they asked me for part; I said I would give them none, I would advertise it; after that, I was going down Duck-lane, and a man said, his shew-glass was broke; he took me back, and asked me where I had these things; I told him where I found them; here are the two men that saw me pick the case up; they found me after I was taken in custody ; I did not know where to find them; my two witnesses are named Pate and Anderson.</p>
<p>Anderson was put out of court while Pate was examined.</p>
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deposed, he was a shoemaker, and lived in Cold-bath-fields; that he saw Miller pick up a black box, as he had said in his defence, and that he never know Miller before; after he had been asked, and answered many questions, he was ordered out, and Anderson called, but he did not think proper to be examined.</p>
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acquitted </rs>
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