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was indicted for
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feloniously stealing on the
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2d day of April
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, one linen cloth, value 2 d. one linen shirt, value 12 d. one lawn stock, value 4 d. two shifts, value 18 d. two aprons, value 2 s. one corded silk waistcoat, value 4 s. and one child's cotton frock, value 2 s.
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the property of
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Richard Hill
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ELIZABETH HILL
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sworn.
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The prisoner stopped me in the street on Saturday last, and took my bundle from me, in
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, between eight and nine; I had it under my arm, the prisoner snatched it from me; he came on the other side of me, when I turned round he was five or six yards from me; I kept sight of him some way till a mob of people came in pursuit; I cried stop thief, and he was taken in Compton-street.
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Was he ever out of your sight till he was taken? - Yes, when the mob of people came I could not see him for the throng of people.
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Was the bundle found upon him? - Yes.
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What became of the bundle afterwards? - It was brought to the watch-house.
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- PEARCE sworn.
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Between eight and nine I was going home on Saturday evening, and I saw the prisoner running; I first heard a cry of stop thief, I saw the prisoner turn the corner of Dean-street with this bundle under his arm; I pursued him immediately, and about the second door, as I pursued him, I saw him drop the bundle; I was as near to him when he threw it away as I am to your Lordship; I took him, and a man delivered me the bundle, and the prisoner was committed.
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On Saturday the 2d of April, about a quarter past eight, I heard the cry of stop thief, I looked back and saw the prisoner running; I pursued, I saw him drop the bundle, and in the very instant after he was seized and taken.
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I saw the prisoner snatch the bundle out of the gentlewoman's hand, he run across the street, I cried out stop thief, he was immediately taken; I saw him taken, he never was out of my sight, he did not run many yards.
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(The things produced and deposed to by Mrs. Hill.)
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Court. Who do the things belong to? - To one Mr. Lefevre.
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PRISONER's DEFENCE.
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I was coming along and a man stopped me, and charged me with stealing a bundle, which I never did; I had no bundle under my arm.
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confined twelve months in the House of Correction
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Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. RECORDER.
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