| Reference Number | t18170115-65 |
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| Verdict | Guilty > with recommendation |
| Sentence | Imprisonment; Corporal > whipping |
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212. WILLIAM JACKSON , was indicted for stealing, on the 9th of December , one saddle, value 10s. 6d.; one crupper, value 3s. 6d.; one pair of reins, value 3s.; one pair of traces, value 6s.; one collar, value 4s.; and one bridle, value 3s. ; the property of Harman Dyson .
JOHN WATSON. I am Mr. Dyson's servant. I was in the yard, and saw the prisoner go out with the harness under his arm; I followed him into Piccadilly on one side of the way, and Whitaker on the other. Whitaker took him with the harness under his arm; he said, he had borrowed it, and would bring it back the next day; we took him to Mr. Dyson, who said he did not lend it to him.
WILLIAM WHITAKER . I went with the last witness, and took the prisoner by Lord Gordon's gate; he said, he had borrowed it.
RICHARD FORSTER . I am the beadle of St. George's parish. I took the prisoner and harness to the watchhouse.
(Property produced and sworn to.)
Prisoner's Defence. I was in distress, and my wife was in labour at the time.
GUILTY . Aged 49.
Recommended to Mercy.
Confined One Month , and Whipped .
First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.