Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th January 1691
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was Indicted for
Felony and Burglary, in stealing 30 Swords with Silver Hilts, value 80 l. and 14 l. in Money
, on the 3d of November
last. The Evidence was
Richard
Savadge
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, who lost the Goods out of his Shop in in Exchange-Alley
, some of which Swords were found in a Trunk where the Prisoner lodged, and that the Prisoner owned that he had bought them of a Woman (when he was taken) for 3 Guineas: All which was fully proved against him. He called several Witnesses for his Credit, but that did not avail him. He could give but a slender Account of himself, so he was found
Guilty
of the Charge against him.
[Death. See summary.]