Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
17th September 1817
1109.
JAMES
THOMPSON
proceedingsdefend
was indicted for
stealing, on the 6th of June
, 7 lbs. of cheese, value 5s.
, the goods of
John
Wright
proceedingsvictim
.
ISABELLA WRIGHT. I am the wife of
John
Wright
< no role >
, who keeps a chandler's shop
at St. Pancras
. On the 6th of June, while I was in the parlour, behind the shop, I saw the prisoner come in, take the cheese, and run out - He gave it to a boy who waited outside; I ran out and collared him. He pleaded distress.
GUILTY
. Aged 16.
Confined Six Months
.
First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Holroyd.