Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
12th January 1722
John
Page
proceedingsdefend
, and
John
Thomas
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Leonard Shoreditch
, were indicted for
feloniously stealing a Holland Shirt. value 14 s a silk Handkerchief, value 2 s.
the Goods of
Joseph
Harrison
proceedingsvictim
, on the 4th of January
last. It appear'd that the Goods were stole off a Line, as they hung to dry in Charles Square, and the prisoners (a Shoe cleaner
and Link Boy
) were apprehended, upon which Page own'd that the Shirt was pawn'd to one Mrs. Holms in White Chappel, where the Prosecutor found it. Page
Guilty 10 d.
John
Thomas
< no role >
not Guilty
.
[Transportation. See summary.]