980. PATRICK CREAN proceedingsdefend was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 27th of October , ninety feet of cedar wood, value 20 l. the property of Robert Higgins proceedingsvictim , in his dwelling-house .

ROBERT HIGGINS < no role > . Q. When did you lose this cedar wood - A. I am not sure it was cedar wood.

Q. Is there any one here who knows that it was cedar wood - A. No.

COURT. You have indicted him for stealing cedar wood, and nobody knows that it was cedar wood. You might as well have indicted him for a horse.

NOT GUILTY .

First Middlesex Jury, before Lord Ellenborough.