557. (L.) WILLIAM POLLETT proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing a linen handkerchief, value 10 d. the property of William Sandall proceedingsvictim , August 13th . ~

William Sandall < no role > . On Saturday the 13th of August, about eleven in the morning, going through Newgate , I felt a sudden tug at my right hand coat pocket; I turned round and saw the prisoner with his hands under a smock frock; I pursued him into the place where they are rebuilding Newgate; I secured him and charged him with picking my pocket; he denied it; two or three gentlemen came up and advised me to take him to a constable; as I was taking him to a constable he threw the handkerchief down a cellar by St. Sepulchre's church.

John Johnson < no role > deposed that he saw the prisoner throw the handkerchief down the cellar.

William Hall. I saw the prosecutor have the prisoner by the collar; I saw the prisoner throw the handkerchief down the brushmaker's cellar; I told the gentlewoman and she brought it up.

The prisoner said nothing in his defence.

Guilty . T .