The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

 

373.   JOHN RILEY was indicted for stealing, on the 7th of July , a hand-saw, value 5 s. a sash-saw, value 3 s. and an oilstone, value 18 d. the property of   John Wilmot .

  JOHN WILMOT sworn.

I am a carpenter ; I lost my tools in the indictment, the 7th of July, out of our work-shop; I found them some few minutes after, on the man that took them, that is the prisoner, the saws were mine beyond all doubt:

  THOMAS WILMOT sworn.

I saw the man come out of the shop with the saws under his coat, that was the prisoner; there was nobody in the shop, I was in the street at the same time.

PRISONER's DEFENCE.

I met a man, and he desired me to take the saws, and put them under my arm, and the oil-stone, and wait for him; coming across, I was met by that young gentleman, and taken into custody.

(The prisoner called one witness to his character.)

GUILTY .

Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Baron HOTHAM.