Francis Reed proceedingsdefend and Isaac Reed proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of Hesson in the County of Middlex, were indicted for feloniously stealing 3 Shirts value 6 l.10 s.3 Shirts value 3 l. and other Goods, the property of a Person unknown , the 20th of September last. They were a 2d time indicted for feloniously stealing 3 Holland Smocks value 40 s. Printed Callicoe value 40 s. and other Goods, the property of a Person unknown , the said 20th of September last. Jonathan Wild < no role > This name instance is in set 30330. deposed that he being employ'd by Mr. Waddal's Book-keeper to find out the Persons who committed the Robbery, suspected the Prisoners, and upon enquiry had his suspicion confirm'd, having been inform'd he had bought a House in Smithfield, and was very full of Money, and getting intelligence that Francis Reed < no role > was about Hounslow, having procured a Warrant, went thither with some other Persons in quest of him and Isaac Reed, and as they were riding along Pickadilly saw Isaac Reed, and telling him he wanted to speak with him about a certain Affair, Isaac Reed reply'd he believ'd it was his Brother Francis that he wanted, that upon this he secured him, and in discourse he told him that he knew of his Brothers having a Gold Watch and some other Goods, that by description were in the Parcels of Goods lost by the Prosecutors; he went to Hounslow, and there found that Francis Reed lodg'd at the Three Tuns in Hounslow, but was then at the Royal-Oak, making up a quarrel with some Bayliffs, about a difference between him and a Mistress of his, he having abused her, and she having arrested him, and that in his Lodgings he founds the Goods mention'd in the Indictment, and also a Pocket-Book, in which was as Inventory of several sorts of Gold pieces of Coyn to a considerable value, which was produc'd in Count, and sworn to be written by Madam Hewet, who had sent these Goods down to go to Nottingham. Several Persons deposed they pack'd up and deliver'd these Goods, and a great many other rich Apparel belonging to two different Persons; Mr. Blackmore and Mr. Hewet amounting to the sum of 200 l. or upwards in a Portmanteau, and Box at the George Inn in Smithfield, to be sent down to Nottingham. The Carrier deposed that he carried the 2 Portmanteau Trunks down in his Waggon, and that the Waggon was set up the 19th of August at Night at an Inn in Brougham,40 Miles from London and 2 from Newport, and about 3 in the Morning he found the Waggon was robb'd, and afterwards that the Portmanteau Trunk was found in some Field thereabouts. Another Evidence deposed that Francis Reed having abused one of his Mistresses she swore the Peace against him for an Assault, that he being arrested gave her 2 Guineas to make up the Difference, and that she charged him with robbing the Waggon at Broughton. Mrs. Neal the Mistress of the Inn at Hounslow deposed the Prisoner had lodg'd there about 2 Months, and that she had had the Shirts which were produced in Court given out by Francis Reed to her to be wash'd, and these Shirts were sworn by Mr. Blackmore to be his Shirts the Callicoe that belong'd to Mrs. Homes was produc'd in Court, and sworn to by Mrs. Faith Lee < no role > , who pack'd the Goods up to send away, to be Mrs. Hewest. Francis Reed in Court own'd these Goods to be his, and in his defence pleaded he bought them, and to prove it produc'd 2 Evidences, one John Burnham < no role > deposed that on Monday the 26th of August he and his Sister were going to Ware, and by the way saw Francis Reed on Horseback leading another spare Horse, that there was on the Road a Woman with a gilded Trunk and a Boy with a Box, which gave Reed 2 s. to let them ride to Ware, and that they all going to the Bull Inn at Ware, the Woman said her Husband was dead, and she had Linnen,&c. to sell, and told Francis Reed fine Shirts and other things for 6 l.10 s. but would not swear the Shirts,&c. in Court were the very same, that there Francis Reed sold a Horse for 15 l. the young Woman she confirm'd the same; the Prisoner likewise pretended to prove he was at London on the Day the Robbery was committed, and in order to prove it, call'd 2 Witnesses, the one was Sarah Lander < no role > , keeping a Chandlers Shop in Grub-stret , who swore that he was at her House and lodg'd there the 18th,19th and 20th of August, and being ask'd how she could be so particular as to the time, she reply'd because that her Landlady had borrow'd Money of Francis Reed that Day, and she had set it down, the Day, Sum and Time, but afterwards being desir'd by the Court to shew them what she had set down, she said the could not write, but having Chalk given her and order'd to make the Marks, she made a C, which was all the Characters for half a Guinea, August the 19th, and the Lender and Borrower; to confirm this, an Old Woman whom she call'd Landlady was call'd, who positively affirm'd the same, but being ask'd by the Court could not tell the order of the Months following one another, told the Court the Month before August was June, and the Month after August was July. But to confront these, Mary Harris < no role > deposed, that on the 19th of August the Night before the Waggon was robbed, Francis Reed and another Person called for a Bottle of Ale at her Father's House in Broughton , which she served them, Harris in the mean time talking to her, and she was positive he was the Man. Thomas Griffin < no role > deposed that he was present at the same place and time, and that he did believe Francis Reed was the Man, but would not swear in positively. Upon the whole, all his Evidences appearing to the Court to be of but slender Credit and in some material circumstances contradictory to themselves as well as the Evidences for the King, who were many, and of better reputation , the Jury found Francis Reed guilty of both Indictments. Death . But there being not Evidence against Isaac Reed he was acquitted .