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stealing 24 silver tea-spoons, value 40 s. </rs>
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sworn.</p>
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: I lost 4 half-dozen of tea-spoons last Monday se'ennight between the hours of 12 and one; the prisoner was going by in the custody of 3 men, handcuffed; as he went past he broke the glass of the shew-glass, and took out four half-dozen of tea-spoons; I did not see him do it myself, I was weighing two half-guineas in the shop; I heard the glass break, and ran out; the men that had him in custody brought him into the shop with the spoons in his hand.</p>
<p>[The spoons were produced in Court by Dinmore, and deposed to by the prosecutor.]</p>
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<p>I am a constable: on Monday was se'ennight, between 12 and one o'clock, I had the prisoner in custody, handcuffed; I was close by the side of him; he knocked his handcuff into the window, and took the spoons out of the shew-glass.</p>
<p>He did it so openly, it was impossible to escape detection? - He could not escape; I had two other officers along with me; I seized hold of him, and took the spoons out of his hands, and took him into the shop to Mr. Edwards: I had him in custody on suspicion of house-breaking; he was cleared of that.</p>
<p>PRISONER's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>It was frosty weather, my foot slipt, and my hand broke the glass, and the spoons came out; I could not help it.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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<p>Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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<note>[Imprisonment. See summary.]</note>
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