| Reference Number | t17911207-36 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | No Punishment > sentence respited |
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37. EDWARD BRYAN was indicted for stealing, on the 8th of December , one surtout coat, value 10 s. the goods of William Higgs .
(The witnesses examined separate.)
I am a taylor and salesman ; I lost a coat on the 8th of December, about four o'clock; I missed a coat, and turning about I saw the prisoner running up Lascelles-place with the coat under his arm; I pursued and took him; I never lost sight of him.
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
I was coming up, and saw a crowd; a man said, if you will take my comrade's coat into a publick-house, I will give you a pot of beer; I had no sooner got it under my arm than this gentleman seized me.
GUILTY .
Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. COMMON SERJEANT.
He was permitted to enter for an East-India soldier.