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was indicted for
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stealing a surtout coat, value 4 s. and a linen handkerchief, value 6 d.
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the property of
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John Stevenson
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January 28th
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On the 28th of January I went into Mr. Mather's, a publick-house, the
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, to have a pint of beer. I had a surtout coat in a handkerchief. I went into a little parlour and laid the bundle down on a table. Mr. Venables and an acquaintance of his were sitting at the other side of a round table, drinking; they went out, and in about two or three minutes after I missed the bundle.
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Was you sitting at the table where your bundle was? - No; at another table where the prisoner was; when they went out they went by the table where the bundle was, there was not any one in the room but the prisoner, the other man, and I; upon missing the bundle, the landlord and I went out in pursuit of the prisoner and the other man; I was out about an hour and an half, looking into every public-house for them; when I returned, I ran through the bar into the back
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room and saw my bundle lying on the table. I said, it is no matter my bundle is come back.
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Was it lying on the same table? - No; on the little table by the back window.
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Who was in the parlour when you went back again? - No one, to the best of my knowledge; I understood that the landlord had taken the prisoner, and carried him to the watch-house.
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Do you know any thing of this bundle which was lost at your house? - Yes. Mr. Stevenson came in with a bundle and laid it down on the table in the back parlour. He sat down in company with the prisoner and another man who was with him; the prisoner and the other man went out; Stevenson missed his bundle. He said to me Mather do you know any thing of my bundle? I said, there had been none in the room but the prisoner, and the other man. I went out after the prisoner, and took him in Holborn with the bundle. I brought him back to the house, and delivered him to a constable; before the justice he said he kicked the bundle before him in the passage.
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You are sure you found the bundle upon him? - Yes; he had it in his left hand, the other man was with him; he said he did not know that he had the bundle till I took hold of it.
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(The coat and handkerchief were produced in court.)
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Prosecutor. This coat is my property; I am sure it was made on my shop-board.
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Is the handkerchief your's? - I bought it.
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Is that the bundle you laid on the table in Mather's house? - This is the bundle.
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PRISONER DEFENCE.
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Though I am before a court of judicature, I hope I have a jury which will look in an impartial manner on every thing; I went into the publick-house to have a pint of beer; meeting with some agreeable company, especially the prosecutor, I stayed the whole evening. I then was going away; a man who was there asked me where I was going. I went out with him; as I was going along he asked me to hold the bundle while he made water; as I was holding it, the publican came up, and the other man ran away.
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To Mather . Did they both come in together? - Yes.
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When you took the prisoner, did the other man run away? - No; he came back to see what was the matter.
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To the prosecutor. Did the prisoner appear to be drunk or sober when he was in the house? - He might be intoxicated, I cannot pretend to say.
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To Mather. Did he appear to be drunk or sober? - He could not be sober; he had been there four or five hours.
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The prisoner called five witnesses who gave him a good character
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GUILTY of stealing the goods to the value of 10 d
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Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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[Fine. See summary.]
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[Imprisonment. See summary.]
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