Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
11th October 1721
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
.