Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
14th October 1685
Edward
Lawson
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West
, Indicted for
stealing fifty five Yards of Cloth, value 70 l.
of the Goods of the Lady
Frances
Turconel
proceedingsvictim
. It was fully proved against the Prisoner, that he had the Cloth, and was seen to go into the House, and bring the Cloth thence, which after he called a Coach, and carried the Cloth into Fetter-Lane. The Prisoner appeared very Impudent in Court, giving a very slender account of himself; and that which was given being look'd upon as very Immaterial, he was brought in
Guilty
.
[Transportation. See summary.]