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Convict Indents (Ship and Arrivals Registers) 1788-1868 Record ID cin32202 Surname Cain Given names Robert Gender m Age 20 Birth year 1813 Colony NSW Sentence term 21 Ship Waterloo (3) Height (in inches) 65 Religion protestant Tried at london Birthplace portsmouth Offence details housebreaking JOHN WILCKES. JOHN SKIPPS. ROBERT CAIN. Theft; theft from a specified place. 29th November 1832. Text type Trial account Defendants JOHN WILCKES, JOHN SKIPPS, ROBERT CAIN Offences Theft > Theft from place Session Date 29th November 1832 Reference Number t18321129-125 Verdicts Guilty, Guilty, Guilty Punishments Transportation 126. JOHN WILCKES , JOHN SKIPPS , and ROBERT CAIN , were indicted for breaking and entering the warehouse of William Sewell and Jonathan Wholey , on the 18th of November , at St. Michael, Crooked-lane, and stealing 1 dial, value 5l.; 72 pencils, value 3s.; 28 ozs. of nutmegs, value 10s. 6d.; 15 lbs. of raisins, value 14s., and 5 lbs. of figs, value 2s. 6d., their property; 1 pair of trousers, value 5s.; 2 coats, value 20s., and 1 waistcoat, value 5s., the goods of the said William Sewell; 1 coat, value 10s.; 1 pair of boots, value 20s.; 3 pairs of shoes, value 15s.; 1 hat, value 5s., and 3 brushes, value 4s., the goods of the said Jonathan Wholey . PHILIP HENRY PARISH . I am a City-officer. On Sunday morning, the 18th of November, I was on the approach to London-bridge, on the City side, about a quarter to eight o'clock - I saw the prisoner Shipps with a bag over his shoulder, between some new buildings in Miles-lane; I crossed over to ask what he had got, and missed him - I walked towards Cannon-street, and when I got to the top of the lane I saw him and Cain together; Cain had a parcel under his arm and a bag - Skipps still had his bag over his shoulder; I followed them till I saw Evans - I spoke to him; we followed them - he went after Skipps, and I went after Cain, and asked what he had got - he said,"Only a piece of wood;" I opened the bag, and found it was a dial - while I was doing so he ran away; there was nobody to leave the dial with or to stop him, and he got away; I got information, and found him in a house in Fryingpan-alley - I took a pair of shoes off his feet, which the prosecutor identified; I passed down Cannon-street, and met Wilckes with a bag over his shoulder - I stopped him, and asked what he had got; he said I might look - I took him to the watch-house, and found six coats in it, and some boots and shoes; he was dressed in a coat, waistcoat, trousers, shoes, and hat, which are identified by the prosecutors - in his pocket were various articles, which are claimed also. JOSIAH EVANS. I am a street-keeper. I have heard Parish's evidence - it is correct; I secured Skipps, and asked him what he had got - he said some plums; I asked what else - he said nothing else; I said, "I shall look in your bag;" he said I had better, if I was not satisfied: I found he had got figs, plums, and nutmegs, in the bag - I took a pair of shoes off him at the watch-house, and he had got some bad coins in his shoes. MR. JONATHAN WHOLEY . I am a wholesale grocer , and am in partnership with William Sewell; our warehouse is No. 129, Upper Thames-street - we did not live there. On Saturday night, the 17th of November, I left the warehouse at 7 o'clock in the evening, and was the last person there; the warehouse was entirely fastened up, and all the property secure: about eight o'clock on Sunday morning my attention was directed to the warehouse - I found it had been entered through a sky-light, several panes of glass were broken, a rope fixed to it, and they had let themselves down; they had got out the same way - they could get on the sky-light through some new buildings behind the warehouse; I have seen the property produced - it all belongs to me and my partner, and was all secure on Saturday night; the dial belongs to the firm. Wilckes. The other young man was quite drawn in by us; I am very sorry it has happened - I am a German, and have been six years in this country, starving, and do not know how to get my living. WILCKES - GUILTY . Aged 23. SKIPPS - GUILTY . Aged 17. CAIN - GUILTY . Aged 20. Transported for Life . Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 9.0) November 1832. Trial of JOHN WILCKES , JOHN SKIPPS , ROBERT CAIN (t18321129-125). Available at: https://www.oldbaileyonline.org/record/t18321129-125?text=Cain