The Western Times; Exeter Saturday 13 Apr 1850 Page 3
TRIALS OF THE PRISONERS.
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[BEFORE W. MACKWORTH PRAED, ESQ.]
A second court was opened for the trials of prisoners, in the Nisi Prius Court, on Wednesday, before William M. PRAED, Esq.
James ROOKLEY, (24), who cannot read or write, was charged with stealing from the Rev. Rd. Arthur ROBERTS, a quantity of bark, on the 30th of May, 1849, at Kentisbeare. Mr. COX defended. It appeared that a man, named WESTCOTT, who was employed by the reverend prosecutor to take the rind off certain trees, had reason to suspect the prisoner; He marked several pieces of bark, and put them on a heap in the field. Subsequently, on going to the heap, he discovered that several of the marked pieces of bark had been stolen. On going to Mr. MORTIMER's tan-yard, WESTCOTT found the prisoner bargaining with TUCKER, Mr. MORTIMER's servant, for these marked pieces of bark. Guilty, three months imprisonment.