Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

4th December 1728

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George Robinson proceedingsdefend , of St. Dunstan's Stepney , was indicted for feloniously stealing twenty nine Pounds Weight of Indigo, value 32 s. the Property of John Deacon proceedingsvictim . The Prosecutor depos'd, That the Prisoner was his weekly Servant , when the Goods were lost out of his Warehouse; but when, and how he took the Goods, he could not tell; neither did he miss any of his Indigo; but finding the Goods in the Hands of one Charles Stamper < no role > , who said he had them of the Prisoner, George Robinson < no role > , he caused him to be apprehended: He likewise said, The Prisoner confess'd to him, and another, that he took the Goods in a clandestine Manner; but this Confession not being clearly prov'd, and Charles Stamper < no role > , who gave this Information, not appearing in Court, the Jury acquitted him.




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