text:  In this dilemma he wandered in the street till he came to a watch-house in which he took shelter for the remainder of the night among the variety of miserable companions to be found in such places; and amidst this assembly of the wretched the black man fell sound asleep when a poor thief who had been taken into custody by the constable of the night perceiving as the man slept that he had a watch and money in his pocket (which was seen on his thigh ) watched his opportunity and stole the watch and with a penknife cut through the pocket and so possessed himself of the money