Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
30th May 1723
Thomas
Humphrys
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Margaret Westminster
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing 60 Peach, Nectarine; and Plum Trees, value 3 l.
the Goods of
Joseph
Carpenter
proceedingsvictim
, the 9th of April
last. He was likewise indicted a second Time for
stealing a Gun, a watering pot, and Orange Trees, value 13 s.
the Goods of
Henry
Wise
proceedingsvictim
, Esq
; the 1st of April
last. As to the first Indictment, the Proof being not sufficient to convict the Prisoner, the Jury
acquitted
him. As to the second Indictment, the Prisoner had confess'd he had stole a Watering-pot out of Brumpton Park
, and sold it to one Burchet, or Burchel, in Rosemary Lane, who told him he always kept Things a Year before he sold them. The Ju-Jury found him
Guilty to the Value of 1 s. 6 d.
[Transportation. See summary.]