Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"trialAccount"
id
=
"t18180506-92"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92"
type
=
"collection"
value
=
"BAILEY"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92"
type
=
"uri"
value
=
"sessionsPapers/18180506"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92"
type
=
"after"
value
=
"18180506"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92"
type
=
"before"
value
=
"18180506"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"criminalCharge"
id
=
"t18180506-92-off516-c573"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t18180506-92-defend810 t18180506-92-off516 t18180506-92-verdict520"
>
</
join
>
<
p
>
830.
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t18180506-92-defend810"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-defend810"
type
=
"role"
value
=
"proceedingsdefend"
>
</
interp
>
JOHN SMITH
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-defend810"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"SMITH"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-defend810"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"JOHN"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-defend810"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-defend810"
type
=
"age"
value
=
"13"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
was indicted for
<
rs
id
=
"t18180506-92-off516"
type
=
"offenceDescription"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-off516"
type
=
"offenceCategory"
value
=
"theft"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-off516"
type
=
"offenceSubcategory"
value
=
"pocketpicking"
>
</
interp
>
stealing, on the
<
rs
id
=
"t18180506-92-cd517"
type
=
"crimeDate"
>
31st of March
</
rs
>
<
join
result
=
"offenceCrimeDate"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t18180506-92-off516 t18180506-92-cd517"
>
</
join
>
, one coat, value 5s., the goods of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t18180506-92-victim812"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim812"
type
=
"role"
value
=
"proceedingsvictim"
>
</
interp
>
James Wright
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim812"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Wright"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim812"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"James"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim812"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
, from the person of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t18180506-92-victim814"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim814"
type
=
"role"
value
=
"proceedingsvictim"
>
</
interp
>
John James Wright
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim814"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Wright"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim814"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"John James"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-victim814"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
</
rs
>
.
</
p
>
<
p
>
JOHN JAMES WRIGHT. I am nine years of age. On the 31st of March I was in St. John-street, and met the prisoner at the top of Cow-cross, he gave me a knife, and gave my brother thirty-two songs; he said, "Come along with me and I will give you a ship." He got me into
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"t18180506-92-crimeloc518"
>
St. John-square
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-crimeloc518"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"St. John-square"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"offencePlace"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t18180506-92-off516 t18180506-92-crimeloc518"
>
</
join
>
, pulled my coat off, and my brother's also, and ran away - I lost sight of him. I am sure he is the boy.
</
p
>
<
p
>
JAMES WRIGHT. I am father of the last witness. On the 31st of March, about seven o'clock in the evening, my wife told me my sons had been robbed of their coats-the little one had his returned. On the 12th of April I sent the last witness to the top of St. John-street, on an errand. he met the prisoner at the top of West-street, and got him secured, and brought to me. As we were going along he said he was the
<
rs
id
=
"t18180506-92-deflabel519"
type
=
"occupation"
>
boy
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-deflabel519"
type
=
"occupation"
value
=
"boy"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"persNameOccupation"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t18180506-92-defend810 t18180506-92-deflabel519"
>
</
join
>
who took the coat, and that he had pledged it at Peachey's, in Goswell-street, for 4s. 6d.
</
p
>
<
p
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t18180506-92-person815"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-person815"
type
=
"role"
value
=
""
>
</
interp
>
HENRY PEACHEY
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-person815"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"PEACHEY"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-person815"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"HENRY"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-person815"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
. I am a pawnbroker, and live in Goswell-street. I took the coat in pledge of the prisoner on the 31st of March.
</
p
>
<
p
>
(Property produced and sworn to.)
</
p
>
<
p
>
<
rs
id
=
"t18180506-92-verdict520"
type
=
"verdictDescription"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-verdict520"
type
=
"verdictCategory"
value
=
"guilty"
>
</
interp
>
GUILTY
</
rs
>
. Aged 13.
</
p
>
<
p
>
<
rs
id
=
"t18180506-92-punish521"
type
=
"punishmentDescription"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t18180506-92-punish521"
type
=
"punishmentCategory"
value
=
"transport"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"defendantPunishment"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t18180506-92-defend810 t18180506-92-punish521"
>
</
join
>
Transported for Seven Years
</
rs
>
.
</
p
>
<
p
>
Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us