Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th December 1720
Stephen
Newton
proceedingsdefend
, of Alhallows Barkin
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing 27 pound weight of Sugar
, the Goods of Sir
John
Fellowes
proceedingsvictim
Bart
. on the 21st of October
last. It appear'd that the Prisoner was employ'd as a Labourer
to work in the Warehouse; that there was a great Hole broke in the Door of the Warehouse; and the Prisoner was seen by 4 persons to come down the Crane-Rope, and was taken with the Goods upon him. The Jury found him
Guilty
.
Transportation
.