Edward Price

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Maureen Withey on 1st April 2024

Digitised Indent of ship Albemarle Michael Dunn, James Molee, Edward Price, Robert Tapley, Lazarus Greaves, Thomas Haley, and Thomas Scrivener, were tried at Justice Hall, Old Bailey, Middlesex, 10 Jan 1787, seven years. ------------------------------------------------------------- Trial at the old Bailey, 10 Jan 1787. 215. EDWARD PRICE , DAVID BASTOCK , and JOHN RICH were indicted for stealing, on the 81th of December last, three iron bars, value 3 s. belonging to Daniel Luckhurst , affixed to a certain building of his , against the statute. A second count, For breaking the same, with intent to steal. (The witnesses examined separate.) DANIEL LUCKHURST sworn. I live in Curzon-street, May-fair; I am repairing a large house in Arlington-street ; on the 18th of December, the masons having finished putting up a stone staircase, we had six hundred pounds and a half weight, or thereabouts, of these bannisters brought in by the smiths, in order to be put up, the smiths began and fixed one flight of stairs; but had not time to run the lead in them, therefore fixed them all as they were to be, and rivetted here and there a bar; at five in the evening, when the workmen left work, I saw them in this state; I have two carpenters who sleep in this house with fire arms; one of them is William Groome , a witness; I went home leaving Groome and the other carpenter in the house; about nine the other carpenter came to me, and I went and found the flight of rails with about a dozen taken from the places, and set against the wall; this bar being the last was broke, it hung as it were by a thread; I took it out myself; I knew the bars had been fixed into the stone by their white ends. Mr. Knowlys, Prisoners Counsel. These were not run with lead? - No, they were finished the next morning. WILLIAM GROOME sworn. I heard a noise and called for assistance; and found Price underneath the stairs; these bars were taken out and laid at the corner of the stairs; they were put into the holes that were made for them in the stone; the stone was fixed, and there was a hand rail fixed, that they were fixed to; the other men were found in Thrale's house; the bars were fastened to the top rail, but not to the stone steps; they could not get them out unless they unrivetted those, which must be done by wrenching the top rail. Court. Could they have taken the whole body together? - No, because the standard was fixed to the stone. JOSEPH WRIGHT sworn. I took Price from under the stairs; and I helped to secure the other two men; the prisoner Rich said, if he had a pistol he would look as big as me. ROBERT SMITH sworn. I went to see my wife at Mr. Thrale's, the next door, and there was the cry of murder; and the two prisoners jumped out of the dust hole; and my brother and me laid hold of them. Thomas Millar , and Samuel Clarke , assisted in apprehending Price. Stephen Pitt , the constable, apprehended the prisoners. PRISONER PRICE'S DEFENCE. I leave it to my counsel. Prisoners Rich and Bustock. We know nothing of it; we acknowledge being found in the other house. The prisoner Rich called four witnesses to his character. EDWARD PRICE , GUILTY , Transported for seven years . DAVID BOSTOCK , JOHN RICH , NOT GUILTY . Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice WILSON.

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Maureen Withey on 12th July 2020

https://www.paperturn-view.com/nsw-state-archives/1828-census-5-of-6-nrs1272-sz-982?pid=NDM43344&p=25&v=1.1 NSW 1828 census – Alphabetical return. Edward Price, age 61, F.S., per Albemarle 1791, 7 years. Carpenter, protestant, lives in Pitt Town District. Mary Price, or Callaghan, age 35, F.S., per Friends 1811, 7 years, catholic.