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George Gerber Worster Found Guilty of Theft

GEORGE WORSTER was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 10th of June, 3 lbs. weight of flour, value 1 s., the property of Justitia Wergman.

JUSTITIA WERGMAN. I am a baker, I live in the Commercial Road, the prisoner was my servant; on last Monday week, I had four twopenny loaves in my drawer, I sent the prisoner with two half-peck loaves, when he went out I looked in the drawer, I found one of them was gone, then after he put in his bread, he ran down stairs, my servant looked through the crack of the door, and saw him fill a peck of flour, he came up stairs and went out, I called after him, and asked him what he wanted with a twopenny loaf each time he went out, he said may not I have a bit of bread to eat, I said certainly, you have as much bread as you can eat, you have two quartern loaves to take home every week, and as much bread here as you can eat, I took off his hat, and found a peck of flour in his hat.

MARY - I am servant to Mr. Wergman, I saw the prisoner take some flour, and put it into a bag.

Q. Do you know what quantity - A. No.

Prisoner's defence. I can take my oath she did not see me.

GUILTY, aged 23.

Whipped in jail, confined six months in the House of correction and there kept to hard labour.

Second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Recorder.

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