Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
9th December 1714
James
Hays
proceedingsdefend
of the Parish of St. Paul Covent Garden
, was indicted for
stealing a Gold Ring, Value 15 s. and other Goods
, from
Jane
Lloyd
proceedingsvictim
, on the 1st of November
last. The Prosecutor swore, That going up stairs in her Master's House, she found the Prisoner in the Garret, and crying out for Help, he was taken with the Goods upon him; whereupon he was found
Guilty to the Value of 10 d.
[Whipping. See summary.]