Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
14th April 1686
William
Hall
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Antholins
, was Indicted March the 22th
. for
stealing 26 Ells of Worsted Paragon, value 35 s. of the Goods of one
Summers
proceedingsvictim
. It appeared, that the Prisoner coming into the Shop where the Goods lay, took them from the Compter
, and was marching off, but some in the Shop soon perceiving the Goods were gone and suspecting the Prisoner; as they pursued him, he was seen to drop the Goods, and making but a mean defence, he was brought in
Guilty
of the Felony.
[Branding. See summary.]