Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

13th May 1714

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James Jones proceedingsdefend of the Parish of St. Botolph Aldgate , was indicted for breaking the Shop of Amram Fordham proceedingsvictim , on the 27th of April last, in the Night-time, and stealing 7 Dozen of Stockings, value 3 l. and other Goods . The Evidence were two Watchmen, who swore, That hearing a Noise in the Shop, they went in, and found the Prisoner there, and the Goods put up in a Bag; and that the Padlock of the Door was broke off, and the Stock-lock pick'd. He had nothing to say in his Defence, but that he was a Stranger come from Bristol, and that he found the Shop open, and went in to lye there, having no Lodging. The Jury found him guilty of Burglary.




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