| Reference Number | t18050710-89 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Imprisonment > newgate; Miscellaneous > fine |
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520. MURTOUGH RILEY was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 5th of June , thirty pounds weight of leaden pipe, value 15 s. the property of Richard Wormington .
RICHARD WORMINGTON sworn. - I am a publican : I keep the Coach and Horses, Greek-street, Soho : On the 4th of June, I missed a quantity of pipe that was cut off from my machine in the cellar to draw up my beer; on the 5th of June, I met him coming up the stairs, I found in his pocket eight feet of pipe.
- HIDER sworn. - I am a bricklayer; I saw the prosecutor take it out of his pocket. (The pipe produced and identified by the prosecutor.)
Prisoner's defence. I know nothing at all about it, I was very much in liquor.
The prisoner called one witness who gave him a good character.
GUILTY , aged 20.
Confined one week in Newgate , and fined 1 s.
Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.