| Reference Number | t17901208-29 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Miscellaneous > fine; Imprisonment |
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29. STEPHEN SUFFIELD was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of November last, one half-crown, value 2 s. 6 d. and three halfpence , the monies of James Field .
The prosecutor slept with the prisoner and two other men; and he marked a half-crown,
having lost some money before; the half-crown was found the next morning in the lining of the prisoner's coat.Serjeant Wiredrawer gave the prisoner a good character.
GUILTY .
Fined 1 s. and imprisoned one month .
Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice BULLER.