| Reference Number | t17880910-91 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Transportation |
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590. JAMES ROBINSON was indicted for stealing, on the 27th of June , four pair of iron shoe-buckles plated with silver, value 4 s. four pair of iron knee-buckles plated with silver, value 1 s. the property of William Edwards .
The prisoner was my servant ; I am a hardwareman ; having lost buckles several times, I had some suspicion of the prisoner; I called him into the parlour, and asked him if he had any of my property upon him, he said no; I wanted to search him, and he refused; I sent for a constable, we searched him, and found the things mentioned in the indictment in his pocket; he said nothing in his defence; he had been in my service near seven months.
- LAVENDER sworn.
I am a constable; I found the things on searching him in his pocket.
(produced and deposed to.)
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
I took them to clean them up.
GUILTY .
Transported for seven years .
Tried by the London Jury before Mr. RECORDER.