Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
18th April 1694
Susanna
Hobbs
proceedingsdefend
was Tried for
stealing from
Edward
Rich
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a Silk Scarf, value 4l.
The Witness was Mrs. Rich, who said that she found the Scarf upon the Prisoner's Neck as she went by her door; but it was alter'd, the Fringe being taken off. The Prisoner proved by her Witness, that there was no Fringe upon it; and that her Husband bought it of one Mr. Crowder, which was credited by the Jury, insomuch that she was
Acquitted
.