Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
2nd June 1720
Thomas
Jones
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Brides
, was indicted for
privately stealing a Silk Handkerchief value 1 s 6 d. from the Person of
Samuel
Illidge
proceedingsvictim
, on the 14th of May
Last. The Prosecutor deposed, that coming over Fleet-Bridge
he lost his Handkerchief, and found it immediately on the Prisoner, who took it out of his Bosom and threw it on the Ground. The Jury found him
Guilty to the Value of 10 d
.
To be Whipt
.