401. (M.) Henry Baker proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing one she ass, val. 30 s. the property of Godfrey Gimbart proceedingsvictim , Jan. 26 .

Godfrey Gimbart < no role > keeps an inn in Moorfields , he had put this ass to grass with George Clark < no role > at Tottenham , she was seen in the field by James Page < no role > , a servant lad to Clark, who went to fetch a horse from the field where she was. On Sunday the 26th of Jan. the lad going of an errand saw the prisoner selling the ass to a stranger and rode up to him and told them both whose ass it was; the prisoner said she was his own property and took some money for her and delivered her to the man, who took her away towards London.

The prisoner in his defence said she was given him by Mr. Jacob Fisher < no role > , who was in court, and declared he never had an ass to give away, and that he never gave him such a thing.

Guilty .

[Transportation. See summary.]