Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th December 1720
John
Rose
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Brides
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing a Wicker Basket value 1s. 2 Dinity Wastcoats, 12 s. a Cloth Wastcoat value 1 s. and 3 pecks of Apples
, the Goods of a Person unknown, on the 9 h of November
last.
Stephen
Jarvis
< no role >
deposed, that he was Porter to the Bath Coach, and that the Prisoner got up behind it, and cut the Basket from the Coach and took it in his Arms; but he (this Evidence) crying out he threw it down, and knockt him (this Evidence) down twice, and threatned no stab him; that he did stab another Man in the Belley with his Knife, which Knife was produced in Court. The Prisoner in his Defence said, that he did not do it with a felonious Intent, but being in Drink got up behind the Coach, and might strike the Evidence. He called none to his Reputation. The Jury found him
Guilty
.
Transportation
.