612, 613. (L.) William Cox proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 3645. and Richard Pearce proceedingsdefend were indicted, the first for stealing a silver watch, value 4 s. the property of Richard Loader proceedingsvictim , and the other for receiving the same, well knowing it to have been stolen , June the 22d . ++

James Bass < no role > . I live in Carter-lane, Doctor's-Commons . In the absence of my master I am bound over to prosecute. On the 22d of June. I was standing by the compting-house; I saw two boys just within the door of the warehouse; there was a person at that time in the compting-house about business. As he went out at the compting-house, they went out at the warehouse-door. About ten or fifteen minutes afterwards, I saw one of the boys stepping out of the door very quickly. I was afraid they were upon some bad design. I went up stairs to the servant in the kitchen, and asked her if any boys had been with any message to her. She said, No; but that she had heard a door open. Upon examining, we missed Mr. Loader's watch out of that room where it was hanging. We sent immediately to Justice Fielding and had it advertised. On the 17th of July, Underwood came to our house with Sproser the evidence, and told me, the watch was at Islington at the Angel. We searched the house, but did not find the watch.

John Sproser < no role > . William Cox < no role > and I were going along by St. Paul's one day. We went into a house and went up stairs. This watch was hanging up, and I put it in my pocket, and gave it to Cox. He said, he would go and sell it to Richard Pearse < no role > ; he came to me and said he had sold it Pearse for a guinea, and gave me half a guinea. I thought he might have left the watch at Islington.

There was no witness of credit to confirm the accomplice.

Both acquitted .

(L.) William Cox was again indicted for stealing two silver hilted swords, two linen cloth coats, embroidered with gold, a woollen cloth waistcoat, and sundry other things , the property of Moses Long proceedingsvictim . ++

There was the same defect in the evidence as in the last.

Acquitted .