<!-- © 2003-2008 Old Bailey Proceedings Online -->
<TEI.2>
<text>
<body>
<div0 id="18000917" type="sessionsPaper" fragment="yes">
<div1 type="trialAccount" id="t18000917-54">
<xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="180009170059"/>
<xptr type="preceedingDiv" divtype="trialAccount" id="t18000917-53"/>
<xptr type="followingDiv" divtype="trialAccount" id="t18000917-55"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="collection" value="BAILEY"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="year" value="1800"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="uri" value="sessionsPapers/18000917"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="date" value="18000917"/>
<join result="criminalCharge" id="t18000917-54-off289-c486" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-defend583 t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-verdict293"/>
<p>641.
<persName id="t18000917-54-defend583" type="defendantName"> JOHN SAWYER
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="surname" value="SAWYER"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="given" value="JOHN"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="gender" value="male"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="age" value="28"/> </persName> was indicted for
<rs id="t18000917-54-off289" type="offenceDescription">
<interp inst="t18000917-54-off289" type="offenceCategory" value="theft"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-off289" type="offenceSubcategory" value="theftFromPlace"/> feloniously stealing, on the
<rs id="t18000917-54-cd290" type="crimeDate">23d of July</rs>
<join result="offenceCrimeDate" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-cd290"/>, two sheets, value 25s. the property of
<persName id="t18000917-54-victim584" type="victimName"> William Mountain
<interp inst="t18000917-54-victim584" type="surname" value="Mountain"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-victim584" type="given" value="William"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-victim584" type="gender" value="male"/>
<join result="offenceVictim" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-victim584"/> </persName> , from a lodging-room </rs>.</p>
<p>Second Count. Laying it not to be a lodging-room.</p>
<p>
<persName id="t18000917-54-person585"> WILLIAM MOUNTAIN
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person585" type="surname" value="MOUNTAIN"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person585" type="given" value="WILLIAM"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person585" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> sworn. - I
<rs id="t18000917-54-viclabel291" type="occupation">keep
<placeName id="t18000917-54-crimeloc292">the White-horse-inn, in Friday-street</placeName>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-crimeloc292" type="placeName" value="the White-horse-inn, in Friday-street"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-crimeloc292" type="type" value="crimeLocation"/>
<join result="offencePlace" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-crimeloc292"/> </rs>
<join result="persNameOccupation" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-victim584 t18000917-54-viclabel291"/>: On Wednesday the 23d of July, the prisoner came to my house, ordered a supper, and a bottle of port; he asked for a bed, and came down in the morning about half past nine o'clock.</p>
<p>Q.Did he pay for his bed? - A. He did, one shilling; he said, he wished the bed to be kept for him, for he should be back that night; he then went away, and in about twenty minutes the sheets were missing; I saw the sheets again at Guildhall on the 25th, and I saw the prisoner the same day, before I saw the sheets; they had my mark upon them.</p>
<p>
<persName id="t18000917-54-person586"> THOMAS NELSON
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person586" type="surname" value="NELSON"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person586" type="given" value="THOMAS"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person586" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> sworn. - I am a pawnbroker's servant, (produces a pair of sheets); I took them in of the prisoner at the bar, on the 24th of July last; I knew him by sight some years ago.</p>
<p>
<persName id="t18000917-54-person587"> WILLIAM KIMBER
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person587" type="surname" value="KIMBER"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person587" type="given" value="WILLIAM"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person587" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> sworn. - I am a constable: I apprehended the prisoner on the 25th upon another charge; when I searched him, I found in his breeches four duplicates, one of which applied to this property.</p>
<p>Prosecutor. those are my sheets, they have my mark upon them.</p>
<p>Prisoner's defence. I have nothing to say.</p>
<p>
<rs id="t18000917-54-verdict293" type="verdictDescription">
<interp inst="t18000917-54-verdict293" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"/> GUILTY </rs> (Aged 28.)</p>
<p>On the Second Count.</p>
<p>Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. RECORDER.</p> </div1></div0>
</body>
</text>
</TEI.2>
<TEI.2>
<text>
<body>
<div0 id="18000917" type="sessionsPaper" fragment="yes">
<div1 type="trialAccount" id="t18000917-54">
<xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="180009170059"/>
<xptr type="preceedingDiv" divtype="trialAccount" id="t18000917-53"/>
<xptr type="followingDiv" divtype="trialAccount" id="t18000917-55"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="collection" value="BAILEY"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="year" value="1800"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="uri" value="sessionsPapers/18000917"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54" type="date" value="18000917"/>
<join result="criminalCharge" id="t18000917-54-off289-c486" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-defend583 t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-verdict293"/>
<p>641.
<persName id="t18000917-54-defend583" type="defendantName"> JOHN SAWYER
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="surname" value="SAWYER"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="given" value="JOHN"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="gender" value="male"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-defend583" type="age" value="28"/> </persName> was indicted for
<rs id="t18000917-54-off289" type="offenceDescription">
<interp inst="t18000917-54-off289" type="offenceCategory" value="theft"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-off289" type="offenceSubcategory" value="theftFromPlace"/> feloniously stealing, on the
<rs id="t18000917-54-cd290" type="crimeDate">23d of July</rs>
<join result="offenceCrimeDate" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-cd290"/>, two sheets, value 25s. the property of
<persName id="t18000917-54-victim584" type="victimName"> William Mountain
<interp inst="t18000917-54-victim584" type="surname" value="Mountain"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-victim584" type="given" value="William"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-victim584" type="gender" value="male"/>
<join result="offenceVictim" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-victim584"/> </persName> , from a lodging-room </rs>.</p>
<p>Second Count. Laying it not to be a lodging-room.</p>
<p>
<persName id="t18000917-54-person585"> WILLIAM MOUNTAIN
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person585" type="surname" value="MOUNTAIN"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person585" type="given" value="WILLIAM"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person585" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> sworn. - I
<rs id="t18000917-54-viclabel291" type="occupation">keep
<placeName id="t18000917-54-crimeloc292">the White-horse-inn, in Friday-street</placeName>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-crimeloc292" type="placeName" value="the White-horse-inn, in Friday-street"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-crimeloc292" type="type" value="crimeLocation"/>
<join result="offencePlace" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-off289 t18000917-54-crimeloc292"/> </rs>
<join result="persNameOccupation" targOrder="Y" targets="t18000917-54-victim584 t18000917-54-viclabel291"/>: On Wednesday the 23d of July, the prisoner came to my house, ordered a supper, and a bottle of port; he asked for a bed, and came down in the morning about half past nine o'clock.</p>
<p>Q.Did he pay for his bed? - A. He did, one shilling; he said, he wished the bed to be kept for him, for he should be back that night; he then went away, and in about twenty minutes the sheets were missing; I saw the sheets again at Guildhall on the 25th, and I saw the prisoner the same day, before I saw the sheets; they had my mark upon them.</p>
<p>
<persName id="t18000917-54-person586"> THOMAS NELSON
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person586" type="surname" value="NELSON"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person586" type="given" value="THOMAS"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person586" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> sworn. - I am a pawnbroker's servant, (produces a pair of sheets); I took them in of the prisoner at the bar, on the 24th of July last; I knew him by sight some years ago.</p>
<p>
<persName id="t18000917-54-person587"> WILLIAM KIMBER
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person587" type="surname" value="KIMBER"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person587" type="given" value="WILLIAM"/>
<interp inst="t18000917-54-person587" type="gender" value="male"/> </persName> sworn. - I am a constable: I apprehended the prisoner on the 25th upon another charge; when I searched him, I found in his breeches four duplicates, one of which applied to this property.</p>
<p>Prosecutor. those are my sheets, they have my mark upon them.</p>
<p>Prisoner's defence. I have nothing to say.</p>
<p>
<rs id="t18000917-54-verdict293" type="verdictDescription">
<interp inst="t18000917-54-verdict293" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"/> GUILTY </rs> (Aged 28.)</p>
<p>On the Second Count.</p>
<p>Tried by the London Jury, before Mr. RECORDER.</p> </div1></div0>
</body>
</text>
</TEI.2>