Francis Read proceedingsdefend , was Indicted for feloniously Stealing a Drugget Coat, a Cane, 4 Suits of lac'd Head-Cloaths , with other Goods, the Goods of Rebecca Welder proceedingsvictim , on the 1st of December last. The Evidence depos'd that the Prisoner lodg'd at the Prosecutors House, That at his going away the Goods were missing; that the Prisoner being apprehended upon Suspicion, and examin'd before a Justice of the Peace, he confess'd that he had stol'n the Goods. The Fact being clear the Jury found him Guilty of Felony.

[Branding. See summary.]