Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

11th October 1721

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John Mitchell , alias Mitcheller proceedingsdefend , of St. James at Clerkenwell , was indicted for feloniously stealing 2 Feather Bolsters value 2 s. and one pair of Sheets value 6 s. the Goods of John Kendrick proceedingsvictim , on the 2d of this Instant October . It appeared that the Prisoner lodged at the Prosecutor's, took the Watchman(Atlee) about 4 in the Morning, to whom he at last confest that he had stole them from the Prosecutor; who being sent for came and owned them. The Prisoner on his Trial said, a Man gave him 6 d. to carry them into Southwark for him. The Jury considering the matter, found him Guilty to the value of 10 d. Transportation .




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