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Robert Treat Paine Papers, Volume 4

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From Zephaniah Leonard

1 September 1786

Grand Jury notes

Gardner Grey was accused of burglary for breaking into the home of Samuel Fales and stealing various goods on November 5, 1785. After Grey was indicted on October 24, 1786, he went to trial before the October session of the Supreme Judicial Court in Bristol County. Grey was found guilty and sentenced to death, but his sentence was later reprieved and he was instead committed to Castle Island for three years.