Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th July 1686
William
Booth
proceedingsdefend
, a Boy
of about Twelve Years of Age, of the Parish of St. Andrew Holbourn
, was Indicted for
stealing fourteen pound weight of Coffee-Berrys, on the 24th. of May
last, from
Richard
Kingwell
proceedingsvictim
, one white Beaver-Hat, value 10 s. One Yard and a Half of Ribbon, value 1 s. from
Joseph
Sheriff
proceedingsvictim
: The Evidence for the King was Mr. Sheriff, who gave in Evidence, that the Boy was brought to him upon liking to be his Apprentice
, and that he took away the Goods out of his House, and that he sold the Coffee-Berrys to a Drugster in Lumber-street, all which, the Prisoner not denying, and having nothing to say for himself, he was brought in
Guilty to the value of 10 d.
[Whipping. See summary.]