Joseph Temple

Level 135

C H on 25th March 2024

Old Bailey Online JOSEPH TEMPLE. Theft; housebreaking. 17th October 1833. Text type Trial account Defendants JOSEPH TEMPLE Offences Theft > Housebreaking Session Date 17th October 1833 Reference Number t18331017-92 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 1499. JOSEPH TEMPLE was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the shop of John Lonsdale , on the 17th of September , at St. Margaret's, New Fish-street , and stealing therein 3 pairs of half-boots, value 15s., his goods, and that he had been before convicted of felony . EDWARD FIELDER . I am the watchman employed to look after the new buildings in King William-street, London-bridge; I live in Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-square. On the morning of the 18th of September, just after the clock struck five, I saw the prisoner coming from the premises, near the back of Mr. Lonsdale's house in King William-street , near the corner of Arthur-street - I watch there at night, but only the buildings - I saw he had got something, and stopped him, and found three pairs of half-boots; they were afterwards claimed by Mr. Lonsdale - the prisoner said he had found them in the cellar of one of the buildings; the buildings are not exactly finished inside. GEORGE BLACKHAM . I am servant to Mr. John Lonsdale , No. 24, King William-street, a shoe-maker . These boots are his property; I know them by the iron on them; I purchased them; I have no particular mark on them; I am sure they are his - I examined the shop-window in the morning, and found the glass taken out; the sash was partly down; it was fastened regularly at night - the shutters are inside - there was a rope on the leads, and I suppose somebody had been let down to break the glass; the panes of glass are twelve or fourteen inches square - it appeared that the windows had been let down, and somebody had got over the window - the shutters had not been closed - I had fastened the glass-frame myself - I left it on Tuesday evening about seven o'clock; the sash was then down, and the glass entire; and when I came next morning one pane of glass was taken out, and the sash partly down, but not sufficient to admit a person into the premises when I saw it - the boots were kept on a shelf in the shop, not within reach of the window; they were several feet from the sash; whether the frame had been put up more or how I cannot tell - I found the back-door open, which I left secure on Tuesday night - one pane of glass was entirely taken out, and one cracked - I returned to the shop at seven o'clock in the morning - I had the keys of the door with me. Prisoner's Defence. In the beginning of the summer I went to Liverpool, being out of employ; I could get no work, and returned to London on the 16th of September; not having money to procure a lodging, I slept in these houses, which were not quite finished; as I laid on some shavings I felt something hard, and found these boots wrapped up in an apron, and brought them out at five o'clock in the morning. GEORGE BLACKHAM. We lost four pairs of boots, a pair of shoes, and an apron - the house is in the parish of St. Margaret, New Fish-street, I understand. RICHARD HURST . I am constable of Bridge Ward. I know the prosecutor's premises are in the parish of St. Margaret, New Fish-street. JOHN MURREY (officer). I have a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office; I was present on the 17th of May, 1832, when the prisoner was tried; he is the person convicted as mentioned in the certificate. (Read). GUILTY . Aged 17. - Transported for Fourteen Years .

Level 221

D Wong on 5th October 2013

Joseph Temple was 17 years old when indicted for breakin and entering the shop of John Lonsdale and stealing 3 pairs of half boots, value 15s. He had been convicted of a felony before. 1841: TOL Yass 25/4/1848: COF 31/7/1846: Married Mary Ann Croker at Fish River. They had 10 children, they moved to Oallen NSW along the Mary Ann's parents. 21/3/1864: Joseph died and is buried at Goulburn.