Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
18th April 1694
Mary
Slaughter
proceedingsdefend
was tried for
stealing from Mrs.
Susannah
Stanes
proceedingsvictim
, Widow
, 4 yards of Flanders Lace, value 3l. and two yards of Maklin Lace 40s.
The Prisoner was a Servant
to the Prosecutor's Mother when the Robbery was done, and she took occasion to quarrel with her, and went away with the Lace; and when charged with the Fact, she said, What ado here is about a little silly Lace, I can but pay for it. She had nothing material to offer for her self; yet there being no positive proof; She was
acquitted
.