| Reference Number | t18010916-123 |
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| Verdict | Guilty |
| Sentence | Imprisonment > newgate |
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749. ROBERT M'CARTNEY was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 27th of July , three pounds of coffee, value 6s. the property of Samuel Teffies , the elder, Aaron Brandon , Moses Brandon , Isaac Brandon , and Samuel Teffies , the younger.
Second Count. Charging it to be the property of the Commissioners of Excise .
Third Count. Charging it to be the property of James Harris .
Fourth Count. Charging it to be the property of certain persons to the Jurors unknown.(The case was opened by Mr. Knowlys.)
JOHN ISHERWOOD sworn. - I am an Exciselocker: On the 27th of July, at nine in the morning, I was at the warehouse of Messrs. Brandons, in which are kept coffee and cocoa; the prisoner was at work there as a labourer ; when he came out of the warehouse I rubbed him down, as he was going to breakfast; I found a quantity of raw coffee concealed in a bag in his hat; there were three pounds and a half of it; I delivered it to the Customhouse-locker. (The coffee produced.)(Mr. Isaac Brandon proved the firm as stated in the indictment.)
The prisoner did not say any thing in his defence.
GUILTY , aged 36.
Confined one month in Newgate , and delivered to his serjeant.
London Jury, before Mr. Common Serjeant.