Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
5th December 1718
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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