William Davis proceedingsdefend of St. Martin in the Fields , was indicted for feloniously stealing two Holster Leather Caps, value 7 s. the Goods of our Sovereign Lord proceedingsvictim , on the 20th of September last. It appear'd that while John Furnival < no role > was asleep upon the Quilts at the Guard at White-hall , the Prisoner came into the Stable, took the Caps off the Horse, knock'd down a Boy who stood at the Stable Door, and run away; the Boy cry'd, stop Thief; Furnival awaked, run after the Prisoner, and took one of the Caps out of his Bosom. But it appearing that the Caps were the Goods of John Furnival, and not of His Majesty, as they were charg'd in the Indictment, the Court directed the Jury to acquit the Prisoner.