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was indicted for
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feloniously stealing, on the
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, a pound of wool, value 4s.
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the property of certain persons to the Jurors unknown.
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sworn - On the 13th of December, between four and five o'clock in the afternoon, I caught the prisoner taking wool out of a bag, between
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, I saw him stop and pull it out of the bag of wool that was lying there under my care; I am a servant at the waterside; I took charge of him, I caught him with the wool upon him; there was some in his hat, some in his breeches, and the rest in his hand.
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sworn. - I am one of the watchmen upon the wharf: I was called by Mr. Hall to assist in securing the prisoner; I took the wool from him, and gave him to the constable; I saw some wool fall from his trowsers; I took him to the Compter, and there I found secreted in his hat a quantity more. (The constable produced the wool).
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Prisoner's defence. I beg mercy of the Court.
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(Aged 58.)
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fined 1s
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Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. Justice LAWRENCE.
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