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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 04 October 2023), October 1784, trial of                      JOSEPH                      JEFF                                                                                                   SAMUEL                      SMITH                                                                                                   JOHN                      WATTS                                                                               (t17841020-67).<hr/><h2>JOSEPH JEFF, SAMUEL SMITH, JOHN WATTS, Theft &gt; grand larceny, 20th October 1784. </h2>                                                                                                                                 <p>999.                                                       JOSEPH                      JEFF                                                                                                         ,                                                       SAMUEL                      SMITH                                                                                                          and                                                       JOHN                      WATTS                                                                                                          were indicted for                                                          stealing, on the 9th of October                     , one metal watch in a shagreen case, value 30 s.             the property of                                                       Elijah                      Champion                                                                                                                              .</p>               <p>                                                                           The prosecutor called, and not appearing, the prisoners were ALL THREE ACQUITTED            .</p>               <p>Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Lord LOUGHBOROUGH.</p>            </div>
				
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