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Excerpt from the Old Bailey trials of William Rawey, 27th October 1802. He was charged with simple grand larceney from the ship Alexander. PETER WRIGHT GAWTHROP who was captain of the ship was a key witness at the trail
768. WILLIAM RAWEY was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 8th of October, three pounds and a half of raw sugar, value 1s. 6d. the property of Alexander Donaldson , George Glenning , William Morgan , and Alexander Macbean .
Second Count. Charging it to be the property of Peter Wright Gawthrop .
Third Count. Charging it to be the property of a certain person or persons, to the Jurors unknown.
(The indictment was stated by Mr. Gleed, and the case by Mr. Jackson.)
ROBERT WILSON sworn. - Examined by Mr. Gleed. I am foreman at the warehouse, No. 8, in the West-dock: On the 11th of October last, the prisoner was employed as a lumper, on board the ship Alexander; she was lying right abreast of the warehouse; I went on board, about four o'clock in the afternoon, in consequence of suspicion; I saw the prisoner on board; I began to search some of the labourers, and while I was searching one of them, I observed the prisoner at the bar run forward on the forecastle, and throw from his person a bag, which I afterwards found to contain sugar;
he threw it under the heel of the ship's bowsprit; I took it up; it contained about three pounds and a half of raw sugar; I delivered the prisoner and the bag at the Shadwell Police-office.
Q. Was there any sugar of that quality in the ship? - A. Yes.
Q. Do you know the name of the captain of the ship? - A. Peter Wright Gawthrop.( Joseph Holebrook , a constable, produced the sugar, which he had received from Wilson.
PETER WRIGHT GAWTHROP sworn. - I am Captain of the ship Alexander, the owners are Alexander Donaldson, George Glenning , William Morgan , and Alexander Macbean .
Prisoner's defence. What I threw down, was a piece of canvas that I had been wiping my hands with, after I had done work.
Verdict:GUILTY , aged 60.
Confined six months in the House of Correction , and publicly whipped, at the Wet Docks, in the Isle of Dogs .
First Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
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