Henry Henly alias Bell proceedingsdefend , was Tryed for stealing from Henry Wright proceedingsvictim , of the Parish of St. Lawrence Pountny , two pounds weight of Silk, value 24 s. sixteen Ounces of Raw Silk, value 12 s. one Musling Apron, and one Handkerchief, value 2 s. on the 10th. of January last. The Evidence against him was Mr. Wright and others, who deposed that Henly being sometime after the Robbery Committed, Apprehended for cheating a Gentleman of a Cloak, by asking for it in a wrong Name, and then taxed with this Robbery; he confessed he had taken the Apron and Handkerchief mentioned in the Indictment, and had pawned them in Goswel street for sixpence: and that upon inquiry, they were accordingly found, and not in Court being capable of denying the Fact, he was found guilty to the value of 10 d.

[Whipping. See summary.]