Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
13th July 1693
Tobias
Craddock
proceedingsdefend
, a Young man, was tried for
picking the Pocket of one
John
Scart
proceedingsvictim
in Hozier-Lane
, of 22 Guineas
. The Prisoner was taken in the Act; and the Guineas found about him, which dropt from him when he was pursued, as was positively sworn: The Prisoner said that he found it in the Croud, but that was but a weak defence. He was found
guilty
of Felony.
[Death. See summary.]