156. ROBERT PAMBY proceedingsdefend was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 19th of January , a hempen bag, value 1s. and a hundred weight of bread called biscuits, value 30s. the property of Thomas Davidson proceedingsvictim ,

THOMAS DAVIDSON < no role > sworn.

On the 19th of January, I was sitting in the counting-house, and heard a great noise; I went out to see what it was, and it was my people pursuing this man with a bag of bread, my foreman saw him take it; his name is George Milbourne.

GEORGE MILBOURNE < no role > sworn.

I am foreman to Mr. Davidson; I live at Lower Shadwell; I saw the prisoner take a bag of bread from Mr. Davidson's warehouse, there was one hundred weight of it, it is worth 30s. I went after him, and stopped him with it; one John Brydges went with me; the prisoner had it on his shoulder; we delivered him up to Mr. Forrester, the constable.

Jury. Q. What time was this? - A. About eleven O'clock in the morning, as high as could be.

FORRESTER sworn.

I was sent for to take the prisoner into custody; I have had the property ever since. (produces it).

Davidson. This is mine, it is marked with my initials.

Prisoner's defence. I was going by Mr. Davidson's in the morning, and they called me, and asked me if I wanted work, I said, yes; when I went in, they had plenty of men, and did not want me; I stood a little while, and there came in a waterman, and asked for a bag of biscuits; I asked him if he wanted any body to carry them for him; he said, yes, he would give me threepence; and just as I had got them up, they came after me, and took me.

Court. Q. Who was it that delivered the bag to the waterman?

Prisoner. That man, Milbourne.

Milbourne. There was nobody at all came in for a bag of biscuits.

JOHN BRYDGES < no role > sworn.

Q. Did you see the prisoner in your master's shop, on the 19th of January? - A. Yes; I saw him take the biscuits, and I ran out after him.

Q. Did any body come in for any biscuits that you saw? - A. No.

Q. Are there any other servants in your house? - A. No.

GUILTY . (Aged 23.)

Fined 1s. and discharged .

Tried by the first Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice ROOKE.

Mr. Davidson. My Lord. I have reason to suppose the prisoner took this bread through necessity, he has a wife and family in extreme distress.

Court. Q. You have behaved very humanely, Sir. - Do you know what line of life he has been in? - A. No.(The prisoner said he had been in the army).