The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t17770409-50
Verdict	Not Guilty

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309.   THOMAS BUTTS was indicted for stealing a wooden firkin containing 56 lb. of butter, value 30 s. the property of   Thomas Hodges , March 3d .

'The prisoner was found by the watchman

'in the prosecutor's cellar; a firkin of

'butter was missed but could not be traced

'into the possession of the prisoner, and it was

'never found'

NOT GUILTY .

Tried by the Second Middlesex Jury before Mr.   Baron EYRE .