Benjamin Burton

Life archive ID obpt17681207-1-defend31
Gender male. Has tattoo no. First recorded 1768.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of burglary (breaking and entering the dwelling-house of william morley , on the 23d of october, about the hour of eleven in the night, and stealing two brass candlesticks, value 1 s. a looking glass, value 1 s. a brass cover, value 6 d. a brass ladle, value 6 d. two linen towels, value 6 d. four pounds weight of beef, value 6 d. and half a quartern loaf of wheaten bread, value 2 d. the property of the said william morley, in his dwelling-house). Found guilty, lesser offence. Sentenced to transportation. Sentence outcome was unknown.