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

14th January 1715

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John Pierce proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Botolph Bishopsgate , was indicted for stealing 15 Yards of Livsey-Wolsey, value 15 s. and 4 Yards of Linen , the Goods of Kath. Acon proceedingsvictim , on the 23d of December last. It appear'd by the Evidence Goods were lying upon the Prosecutor's Shop-Window and the Prisoner was seen to take them away, and being thereupon pursu'd, they were upon him. He had no Defence to make, nor any to his Reputation, and was found Guilty to the Value of 4 s. 10 d.

[Whipping. See summary.]




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