12, 13, 14. (M.) John Richardson proceedingsdefend , Charlotte Leith proceedingsdefend . and Mary Price proceedingsdefend , were indicted, the first for receiving five quarts of the said oil , the second one pint and a half , and the third seven quarts, each well knowing it to have been stolen , &c. Nov. 17 ++

Robert Campbell < no role > was sworn, and deposed, That he was directed to the three prisoners at the bar, by the person that fled at the time he was taken, who had been a servant in the place he then was; that he sold to Richardson five quarts of his mistress's oil, at 4 d. halfpenny per quart, and that he bid him to bring no more in the day time the first time he sold him some, but come in the night, and he would take it, if it was ever so much, and that he knew he was a lamplighter; that he sold Charlotte Leith three half pints for three pence, and she told him she would buy more of him if he brought any; that he sold to Mary Price < no role > seven quarts, three the first time, two the next day, and two the day after, for a groat a quart; that she bid him come again if he had any more; that he went in his lamp lighter's dress, set his ladder at the door, and pour'd it out of his tin pot.

Samuel Hacket < no role > the constable deposed, That he took up the prisoners by the evidence Campbell's direction. The prisoner Richardson offer'd him two guineas it he'd make the affair up.

William Ward deposed, That the prisoner Richardson offer'd him five or six guineas to accommodate the matter, that he own'd before the justice he gave four-pence halfpenny a quart for it to Campbell; that he heard Charlotte Leith < no role > say she bought three half pints of Campbell for three pence; that he was also at the taking up of Mary Price, and that she acknowledged before justice St. Lawrance she knew Campbell to be a lamplighter, and that she sold oil

Richardson in his defence said, he thought there was no harm in it, and that he was innocent.

He call'd to his character John Dodd < no role > , who had known him three years; Thomas Wood < no role > three years; Samuel Boucher < no role > , three years; Richard Cotterell < no role > , three years; Mr. Clear, three years; Benjamin Boyden < no role > , seven years; Richard Dixon < no role > , three years; Thomas Footing, about three years; Mr. Ascue, three years; William Stone < no role > about three quarters of a years; Mr. c, re years; Isaac Clark < no role > , three years; and Richard Appiton < no role > , about a year, who all gave him the character of an honest man.

Charlotte Leith call'd six witness to her character, who all give her a good one.

Mary Price < no role > call'd ten witnesses to her character, who all give her a good one

Richardson guilty .

Leith and Price acquitted .

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