Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th September 1720
Michael
Vine
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Mary Le Bow
, was indicted for
privately stealing a Silk Handkerchief value 2 s. from the Person of
James
Cooper
proceedingsvictim
, on the 29th of July
last. The Prosecutor deposed, that the Prisoner and another jostled him and past by, that he had a suspicion of them and afterwards found them as making Water; that the Prisoner kept close to him, and he feeling of him draw his Handkerchief out of his Pocket at the end of Bow-Lane
, took him by the Collar and found it in his Hand-before he could put it up. The Prisoner denied the Fact, and said he was prosecuted out of an old Grudge: but could not prove it or call any to his Reputation. The Jury considering the matter found him
guilty to the value of 10 d
.
Transportation
.