Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
10th October 1711
William
Pickering
proceedingsdefend
was indicted for
feloniously stealing a Silver Watch, Value 3 l.
the Goods of
Samson
Sago
proceedingsvictim
. It appear'd that the Prosecutor being asleep in his Cabbin, was awak'd by a Noise; upon which he got up, and espy'd the Prisoner jump into a Boat, and made off: That he then sent his Man after him in another Boat, who apprehended him with the Watch upon him. The Fact being plain, the Jury sound him
guilty
of Felony.
[Branding. See summary.]