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CHARLES VICARS <interp inst="t17940716-65-defend653" type="surname" value="VICARS"></interp>
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stealing, on the <rs id="t17940716-65-cd322" type="crimeDate">10th of June</rs>
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, a coachman's cloth coat, value 1l. </rs>
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Samuel Palmer <interp inst="t17940716-65-victim655" type="surname" value="Palmer"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I know the prisoner at the bar; I am an hackney coachman; I saw the prisoner go to this <rs type="persName" id="t17940716-65-person657"> <interp inst="t17940716-65-person657" type="role" value=""></interp>
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's coach, and I saw him open the door and take the coat out, and I followed the coach up the rank, the coach was in the rank; I went and informed the coachman, Palmer, of it, he was not in the house; I told the waterman of it, and he went to his yard to tell him of it; I am sure of that is the man that took it.</p>
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HENRY COLE <interp inst="t17940716-65-person658" type="surname" value="COLE"></interp>
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sworn.</p>
<p>I am constable of St. James's, Clerken-well; I had information that the prisoner had stole this coat; I apprehended him, but never saw the coat, and Mr. Palmer came down to Hatton-garden office, and swore to his losing a coat; Palmer presented the bill on Monday, and since then he has gone down into Scotland.</p>
<p>Q. To Price. Whose coach was it? - Mr. Harriott's, of Snug-lane.</p>
<p>Q. How did you know this was Palmer's coat? - Because he told me so.</p>
<p>Q. Did you ever see him wear it? - No, I did not.</p>
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Not GUILTY </rs>
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<p>Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.</p>
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