Richard Wett proceedingsdefend , and William Dear proceedingsdefend , of the Parish of Stepney , were indicted for felonionsly stealing a Frock value 2 Shillings, a pair of Silver Buckles value 2 s. from the Person of John James proceedingsvictim , the 28th of September last John Gumly < no role > , deposed that being in Stepney Fields near the half-way House he saw the 2 Prisoners in a ditch doing something to John James,(a Boy of about 5 years of age ) and Suspecting them, examined them what they were doing there, upon which they gave him ill Language, flinging a brick bat at-him, but another Lad coming up to him, they ran away and Rubard West drop'd the Childs Cloths and the Buckles were taken up in the Fields, this was confirmed by the other Lad that was there likewise, and by a Gentleman that coming by, knew the Child, and following the Prisoners, they apprehended them. The Prisoners deny'd the fact, but it being plainly proved the Jury found them guilty of the Indictment.

[Branding. See summary.]