334, 335. (M.) John Page proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 883. and Benjamin Breech proceedingsdefend , were indicted for that they, on the 5th of July , about the hour of two in the morning, the dwelling house of Michael Gibbons proceedingsvictim did break and enter, and steal from thence six great coats, val. 6 l. the goods of the said Michael . +

The prosecutor and his servant John Morton < no role > could only prove the doors were fast over night, the door broke open, and the goods missing in the morning, and they never heard of them since. The principal evidence was William Haines < no role > , who deposed, be and the two prisoners at the bar committed the fact; and it resting singly there, the jury acquitted the prisoners.

336. (M.) John Page < no role > , a second time, and John Meadows proceedingsdefend , were indicted for that they, on the first of February , about the hour of three in the night the dwelling house of Pury Kester proceedingsvictim did break, enter, and steal out thence four China bowls, one pewter dish; one pewter can, the goods of the said Pury . ++

This also resting on the single evidence of Haines, they were both acquitted .