Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
13th October 1742
133.
Thomas
Dutton
proceedingsdefend
was indicted for
stealing one Feather-Bed and Bolster, value 40 s. a Chimney-Glass, two Sconces, and other Houshold Furniture, in his Lodging
, the Goods of
John
Denny
proceedingsvictim
, Aug. 24
.
Mary
Denny
< no role >
. I lost these Goods out of the Lodging which I let to the Prisoner, ready furnished; he was to pay 3 s. for the first Week, and 2 s. 6 d. a Week afterwards: He was not there above a Week. I broke open the Door of his Room and found these Things missing. He owned to me, that he sold the Chimney-Glass and Sconces, and the Feather-Bed.
William
Cadwallader
< no role >
, a Pawnbroker, proved, that he pawned several of these Things to him.
- Fountaine. He left a Pillow, Bolster, and Sheets, at my House at Islington, while he went to look for his Wife and Sister, who were going into the Country.
Guilty
.
[Transportation. See summary.]