72. JOHN CUERDON proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing a cloth coat, value 4 s. a cloth waistcoat, value 2 s. a pair of cloth breeches, value 2 s. a cloth surtout coat, value 4 s. five linnen shirts, value 7 s. 6 d. and a man's hat, value 2 s. the property of Robert Paterson proceedingsvictim , October 15th .

ROBERT PATERSON < no role > sworn.

The prisoner came to lodge in the same house where I lodge. I went out on the 15th of October, and when I returned to my room, I missed the things mentioned in the indictment: I found part of them at a pawnbroker's.

RICHARD GREENWOOD < no role > sworn.

I am a pawnbroker: the prisoner pledged these things with me on the 15th of October, in the name of George Lee < no role > .

[They were produced in Court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.]

Prisoner's Defence.

I beg as much lenity as the Court can shew me.

GUILTY .

Tried by the First Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.

[Imprisonment. See summary.]