Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th December 1791
2.
MORGAN
LEWIS
proceedingsdefend
was indicted for
feloniously stealing, on the 16th day of September
last, two remnants of callico, value 2 s. and other things
, the property of
Henry
Small
proceedingsvictim
and
Edward
Madgwick
proceedingsvictim
.
Mr. Garrow opened the case.
HEMRY SMALL sworn.
I live in Tavistock-street
; my partner's name is
Edward
Madgwick
< no role >
. The prisoner came to live with us on the 1st of March, and staid till the 29th of September. I heard the prisoner was stopped at a pawnbroker's, in Whitechapel; there were five yards and a quarter of printed callico; I searched his box on the 29th; the box was locked; the prisoner was present, he gave me the key; I found these two remnants of callico: they are marked Q. C. it is our private mark. The callico is our's, and may be worth 2 s. a small remnant of Irish. I found a key in his box. I went to Mr. White's chambers, in Lincoln's Inn, from some suspicion I had, and also from some information I had received, and found some property in a drawer.
Mr. FRANCIS sworn.
The prisoner at the bar offered this remnant of callico to pledge. I stopped him.
Mr. LANE sworn.
I received this pledge from
Joseph
Dean
< no role >
.
JAMES
VINCENT
< no role >
sworn.
I am a pawnbroker. I received these things from
Joseph
Dean
< no role >
.
Joseph
Dean
< no role >
. I received these from
Mary
Lewis
< no role >
.
Mary
Lewis
< no role >
. I received these things from Morgan Lewis.
(Prosecutor deposes to the goods.)
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
There is a person here who was present when I bought some of these articles laid to my charge.
HENRY
WILLIAMS
< no role >
sworn.
I am a barrister at law, the prisoner was my servant
; he was very honest during the time he lived with me.
Thomas
Williams
< no role >
also gave the prisoner a good character.
GUILTY, value 2 s
Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr.
Baron
PERRYN
< no role >
.
[Imprisonment. See summary.]