Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

5th December 1718

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Samuel Linne proceedingsdefend , of St. Mildreds Poultry , was indicted for that he together with Obadiah Leman < no role > not taken, did feloniously steal a Perriwing, value 7 l. from the Person of Gilbert Malcher proceedingsvictim , the 19th of October last; The Prosecutor deposed that as he was going in a Coach near Stocks-Market , the Coach was cut and his Wigg pull'd off. William Matthews < no role > deposed, that he being in Company with the Prisoner and Obadiah Leman < no role > , Leman got up behind the Coach, and cutting the Coach took the Wigg and gave it to the Prisoner, that they had appointed before if they lost one another to meet at the 3 Tuns on London Bridge, which they did, that he desired them to let him have the Wigg, giving them a Guinea a piece for their share, which they did, and the Wigg they produced in Court: The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, the Jury found him guilty to the value of 10 d. Transportation .




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