John Pool

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Penny-Lyn Beale on 19th September 2021

1820 - Old Bailey On-Line Born; 1801 Sentence; Respited; 24 Mar 1820. JOHN POOL, Theft > housebreaking, 12th January 1820. 261. JOHN POOL was indicted for feloniously breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Butteriss , about eight o'clock in the forenoon of the 25th of December , at St. Dunstan's, Stepney , (no person being therein,) and stealing therein, two shirts, value 10 s.; three coats, value 6 l.; four handkerchiefs, value 20 s.: seven stockings, value 3 s., and one hundred pieces of copper coin, value 4 s.. his property . WILLIAM BUTTERISS . I am a cow-keeper , and live in Charles-street, Mile End, New Town. On Saturday morning, the 25th of December, about half-past seven o'clock, I and my wife and son left the house to go out with milk. I locked the door, and put the key in my pocket - I left nobody in the house. I do not know what parish it is in. I returned about a quarter after nine o'clock, and found the back door broken open - it was bolted inside when I left. I missed the property stated in the indictment. There was 7 l. or 8 l. in copper and silver, and 5 s. or 6 s. in old halfpence, which I had put by in an old stocking - I had not seen them for a week or two - they were in a chest of drawers, which I always kept locked, and kept the key. I saw the drawer safe that morning. I also lost a knife. Cross-examined by MR. BOLLAND. Q. When had you seen the knife and copper - A. Not for several weeks. My son got home before me, and was crying out that we were robbed. MOSES FORTUNE . I am an officer. The prosecutor's house is in the parish of Stepney. I apprehended the prisoner on Christmas Day about eleven o'clock in the morning, and found a silk handkerchief in his hat, and an old stocking in his pocket, containing 104 old halfpence; he had thirty penny pieces and 7 d. in new halfpence, loose in his pocket, also a knife, which the prosecutor claimed. I received information, and apprehended the prisoner at his father's, in Hare-street-fields, about a quarter of a mile from the prosecutor's. The handkerchief was in his hat, which was on the table. He was asleep by the fire. He said the hat was his. WILLIAM BUTTERISS re-examined. I know the handkerchief and stocking - it is a remarkable stocking. I also know the knife by a piece being broken off the end. I will not swear to the handkerchief, as there is no mark on it. Prisoner's Defence. I leave it to my Counsel. GUILTY. - DEATH . Aged 19. Recommended to Mercy . First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Justice Holroyd. 1820 - New South Wales, Australia, Settler and Convict Lists. Trial; Jan 1820. Sentence; Life Employment/Remarks; Govt Employ in the Colony 1824 - 28 Oct. New South Wales, Australia, Colonial Secretary's Papers. Transported to Port Macquarie for the remainder of his original sentence Remarks; Run - 1824 1825 - New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters. 1825 Name; John Pool Age; No Details Class; Convict Vessel; Agamemnon - 1820 Employment/Remarks; RUN from Port Macquarie