500. (L.) Thomas Moore proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing 20 pounds weight of lead, val. 20 d. fixed to a warehouse belonging to the merchants of Almaine proceedingsvictim , commonly called Hants Town , Sept. 20 . ++

Martin Elkin < no role > . I am agent to the merchants of Almaine. They have several warehouses at the Steel-yard ; I employed John Stubley < no role > to watch them, who came the 20th of September and told me he had taken a man with some lead upon him there. I went and saw the prisoner and lead, with the constable; the prisoner begged I'd let him go, and not prosecute him.

John Stubley < no role > . I was watchman at the Steel Yard. About the fifth of September, in the afternoon. I saw the prisoner come down a ladder that the bricklayers had been using, which stood against the warehouse. When he came to the bottom of the ladder, I asked him what business he had there? He said he had been employed by Mr. Mails, the bricklayer. Said I, What have you under your arm? He said, Only a little piece of lead. I got a constable and secured him. The lead produced in court, 31 inches long, and 14 wide.

Joseph Hunter < no role > . I am constable. The last evidence gave me charge of the prisoner; I secured him, went up upon the warehouse, and found a place where a piece of lead had been newly taken off from a hip; and according to the measure, the lead fitted the place exactly. It had been nail'd on with nails, which were forced out.

Guilty 10 d .

[Whipping. See summary.]