258. (L.) Mary Guest proceedingsdefend , widow , was indicted for stealing 15 lb. weight of paper, value 15 d. the property of our sovereign Lord the King proceedingsvictim , June 11 . ++

John King < no role > deposed, he was in the secretary's office in the Custom-house on the 11th of June, between 5 and 6 in the afternoon, he heard some body go into the office, and as there had been much paper lost before, he watched, and saw the prisoner come out with something concealed under her left arm; he followed and stopt her, and found seven quires of printed forms, being Mr. Attorney General's opinion on duties due on prize-goods taken before the war in America, and on searching her basket he found three bundles, containing a yearly correspondence from three different parts, being letters from officers, and business of merchants from the out-ports, which were taken from out of the office.

The prisoner said nothing in her defence.

Guilty . W .