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Number: t18151206-99
JOHN BARBER FIELD
“The prisoner came one day and said he wanted something to eat; whilst he was eating his victuals which I gave him, he said it was the first he had eaten for the last two days. I kept him of a morning to bring things from market for me. One day, the day in the indictment, I had occasion to go to London Wall; I told my little boy to come after me, with the prisoner, and to bring with him the things mentioned in the indictment.”
GEORGE FIELD [webmaster's note : George was only eight years old.]
“My father had told him to take fifteen shillings worth of halfpence and the other things to him in Leadenhall-street. The prisoner was going with me, and took them out of my hand, and walked away with them, just by America-square . We never saw him after.”
GUILTY , aged 27.
Confined a month , and fined 1s.
Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
Reference Number: t18151206-108
107. JEREMIAH CREW was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of November , a pig's cheek, value. 1s. 2d. the property of John Barber Field .
JOHN BARBER FIELD
"I am a hog-butcher . I lost my cheek on the 1st of November; it was in salt, in a tub, at the shop door. The prisoner took it; I saw him take it; I immediately took him into custody, and took him to the magistrate at Lambeth street office. He bore a very good character, and I now know he did it through distress, and had I known that before, I would not have prosecuted him."
GUILTY , aged 56.
Fined 1s. and
discharged.
Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
