67. (L.) JOHN HODGES proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing a linen handkerchief, value ten pence , the property of Nathaniel Thawley proceedingsvictim , December 7th . ++

Nathaniel Thawley < no role > . Last night, between six and seven o'clock, a I was going up Lombard-street, I felt my handkerchief go out of my pocket: I laid hold of the prisoner, and found my handkerchief in his hand.

The handkerchief was produced in court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.

Thomas Lane. I am a constable: I had charge of the prisoner.

Prisoner's Defence.

I never had the handkerchief,

Guilty T .