Robert Steel , alias Elson , alias Benson proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Magnus by the Bridge , was indicted for feloniously stealing a Gallon Pot value 8 s. the Goods of Martha Barrow proceedingsvictim , on the 5th instant. An Evidence depos'd, that he saw the Prisoner with the Pot, and apprehended him; who then seem'd to be in Drink, and he had nothing else to say in his Defence; and was therefore found Guilty to the Value of 10 d.

[Whipping. See summary.]