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RICHARD RICHARDSON <interp inst="t17891209-15-defend207" type="surname" value="RICHARDSON"></interp>
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stealing, on the <rs id="t17891209-15-cd81" type="crimeDate">29th of November</rs>
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last, a cloth box-coat, value 30 s. the property of <rs type="persName" id="t17891209-15-victim209"> <interp inst="t17891209-15-victim209" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
Isaac Currie <interp inst="t17891209-15-victim209" type="surname" value="Currie"></interp>
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; and a pair of leather gloves, value 6 d. and a pair of plated buckles, value 6 d. the property of <rs type="persName" id="t17891209-15-victim211"> <interp inst="t17891209-15-victim211" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
John Cook <interp inst="t17891209-15-victim211" type="surname" value="Cook"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I lost my coat in Kings's Arms-yard, about half after five, it is in <rs type="placeName" id="t17891209-15-crimeloc82">Bishopsgate-churchyard</rs>
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, my master has stables there, I left it on the coach-box, I did not miss it two minutes, and Ellis brought it to me, I should think in ten minutes I ran after the prisoner, endeavouring to find him, and I met Ellis at the corner of Houndsditch, with the prisoner and the coat; I called out, and saw it was my coat; there is a particular mark in the lining, a slit with a nail; it is a livery coat, plain, with a green collar; I have tried it on since: it was made for me; I had it the second of April, but had used it very little; there was a pair of plated buckles, and a pair of gloves in the pocket, they were mine.</p>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I am a constable; on Sunday night, Nov. 29, about half after six, I met the prisoner in Houndsditch, he passed me with this coat on his shoulder, pushing on very fast; I went after him and collared him, I asked him if the coat belonged to him, he would not answer me, but threw it down into the dirt; taking him to the counter I met the coachman, I went with him into the stable, the coachman claimed the buckles and gloves, and said there was a tear in the coat with a nail; it has eight capes.</p>
<p>PRISONER's DEFENCE.</p>
<p>Going down Shoreditch, there were six or seven men having many words, and of course they were going to fight; one man threw off his coat, and he asked any body to take his part. I stood by and said nothing; in the God's speed somebody came up and they went away, and this man asked me if that coat belonged to me; he took me to the watch-house.</p>
<p>Ellis. There was nobody with him.</p>
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GUILTY </rs>
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Whipt </rs>
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<p>Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.</p>
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