JOHN GLOVER.
26th April 1786
| Reference Number | t17860426-120 |
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| Verdict | Guilty > theft under 5s |
| Sentence | Transportation |
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441. JOHN GLOVER was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 6th day of March last, six canvass bags, value 9 s. three tin boxes, value 3 s. a quarter of a pound of nutmegs, value 1 s. and other things , the property of James Keene .
The prisoner had been porter to the prosecutor for two years, and much intrusted by him; and he had recommended him to live rent-free to a friend of his, with his wife and children; and he found in his apartments the things mentioned in the indictment, and other things, some of which were deposed to.
GUILTY, Of stealing the bags, to the value of 4 s.
Transported for seven years .