Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
21st May 1724
William
Perkins
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, of the Parish of Christchurch
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing Ribbon, and divers other Goods
, the Property of
John
Sewel
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, and Company
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, the first of this Instant May
. It appear'd by the Evidence, That the Prisoner was Servant
to the Prosecutor, and took the Goods, and was apprehended offering them to Sale The Fact was plainly prov'd, and the Jury found him
guilty to the value of 39 s.
Transportation
.