Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th May 1684
John
Smith
proceedingsdefend
, Indicted for
Stealing 53 s. in Money, from
Edward
Hynton
proceedingsvictim
: the manner thus; Mr. Hynton being to pay 15 Pound at the Roe-Buck in Fleet-street
, as he was telling out his Money in the Shop, this
John
Smith
< no role >
coming by, clap'd his Hand upon the Money, and run away with a Handful; but Hynton Pursuing him immediately, he drop'd most part of the said Money, and soon after was Seised: He is found
Guilty
of the said Felony.
[Transportation. See summary.]