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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 09 December 2023), December 1790, trial of                      STEPHEN                      SUFFIELD                                                                               (t17901208-29).<hr/><h2>STEPHEN SUFFIELD, Theft &gt; grand larceny, 8th December 1790. </h2>                                                                                                   <p>29.                                                       STEPHEN                      SUFFIELD                                                                                                          was indicted for                                                          stealing, on the 8th of November                      last, one half-crown, value 2 s. 6 d. and three halfpence            , the monies of                                                       James                      Field                                                                                                                              .</p>               <p>The prosecutor slept with the prisoner and two other men; and he marked a half-crown,having lost some money before; the half-crown was found the next morning in the lining of the prisoner's coat.</p>               <p>Serjeant Wiredrawer gave the prisoner a good character.</p>               <p>                                                      GUILTY            .</p>               <p>                                                                                                Fined 1 s.             and                                                          imprisoned one month            .</p>               <p>Tried by the second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice BULLER.</p>            </div>
				
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