1. Stephen Cramp proceedingsdefend , was indicted for stealing four Cows, value 11 l. the Goods of Richard Heather proceedingsvictim , May 6 .

Richard Heather. I lost my Cows from Woodford in Essex , and on the 6th of May, I saw the Prisoner with them in Smithfield; he own'd that he drove them out of my Ground at 12 o'Clock at Night, and that no one else was concerned with him.

Edmd Pinfold < no role > , Constable. The Prisoner acknowledged he took the Cows; an ill Thought coming into his Head, after he had lost all his Money by Gaming.

John Badger Welham < no role > , spoke to the Prisoner's Character, and said he took him to be an Honest Man, and had known him from a Child. Guilty 39s.

[Transportation. See summary.]