Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
5th December 1711
John
Pallister
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Mary Woolnorth
, was indicted for
privately stealing 2 Guineas, 2 half Guineas, the Goods of
Thomas
Paine
proceedingsvictim
, on the 12th of October
last. It appear'd that the Prisoner came with a Note to receive Money, and there lying some Gold on the Counter, he took the Opportunity of conveying the Gold under his Hat
, and the Prosecutor's Servant seeing of him, he took hold of his Hand, and he dropt the Money; whereupon the Jury found him
guilty
of Felony.
[Death. See summary.]