John Stevenson proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of St. Michael Bassishaw , was indicted for feloniously stealing 1 Cloth Coat and Wastcoat,1 pair of Silk Stockings,5 Shirts, and other Things, value 4.l. the Goods of Samuel Williams proceedingsvictim , and a Cloth, Coat and Wastcoat, and other Goods, value 3.l . the Property of George Knapp proceedingsvictim , on the 27th of February last. An Evidence depos'd, That going under a Gateway in Aldermanbury, he saw the Prisoner with a Bundle of Goods, seemingly unresolv'd, and under a vicious Confusion, which occasion'd him to suspect him for a Rogue, who thereupon, with some other Persons, watch'd and follow'd him into Forestreet, and thence into an Alley by Moorfields, where the Prisoner lodg'd his. Goods but in the Way he dropt a Shirt out of his Breeches, and another was very near satting; and being ask'd what S.W. stood for, he replied Samuel Woodward < no role > a HorseJocky , as he did upon his Trial but could give no Account of him at all. It was a very plain Fact, that the Prisoner seeing Mr. Williams Door open, went up Stairs, and change'd Clothes with the Prosecutor leaving his own fifty Rags in their Room which illegal and criminal Exchange being a plain Felony, and he giving no Account of himself, the Jury found him Guilty .

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