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was indicted for
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stealing two silver table spoons, value 10 s. and two silver tea spoons, value 4 s.
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the property of
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It is my custom to rise very early in the morning, and take a walk; I rose very early in the morning of the 14th of July, and went out; I fastened the outer door after me; returning home, I saw my door open, I quickened my pace, and entered the door and called out, and then saw the prisoner; I charged him with being a thief; he got out, and in a narrow entry there was a scuffle between us, and I received some stabs in the back of my hand, they appeared as if done with some nails; I made an outcry; Mr. Phillips, a neighbour, pursued him, and he was taken, and brought into my house; he sat down in a chair; I thought I heard a rustling of something, and afterwards a silver table spoon and tea spoon were found under the prisoner in the chair; another spoon was taken out of his pocket and delivered to me.
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I cried stop thief upon Mr. Morgan's telling me he had been robbed, and the prisoner was stopped; I carried him back to the prosecutor's house; I heard something rattle when he sat down, and the two spoons were found; and there was a spoon in my presence taken out of the prisoner's pocket.
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[The spoons were produced in Court, and deposed to by Mr. Morgan.
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'found a silver spoon in his pocket, and a
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'tinder-box, picklock keys, and some matches.'
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I was walking one morning by the prosecutor's shop, he
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; I saw a young woman with a candle in her hand; I asked for a chandler's shop; she said, this is one, meaning the prosecutor's house; I went to the door, it was open; I knocked several times, nobody appeared; I went in, and saw the kitchen door open, and returned directly, I saw nobody there; I knocked at the door several times again; I saw a spoon lie upon the step of the door, I took it up; then Mr. Morgan came in, and said, what do you want? I said, some bread and cheese; he said, you are a thief; I thought he would swear my life away; we had a scuffle together, and I got from him; knowing I was conscious of the robbery, I went back again to his house.
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'The prisoner called four witnesses, who
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Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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[Imprisonment. See summary.]
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