Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
14th January 1715
Margaret
Lee
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Giles in the Fields
, was indicted for
stealing 3 Diaper Table Cloths, value 10 s. and other Linnen in the House of
Jane
Kettlewel
proceedingsvictim
, on the 17th of December
last. The Evidence depos'd, That being in an adjacent Room, and hearing a Noise, she went in and found the Prisoner with the Goods pack'd up in order to carry away. The Fact was very plain, and she had nothing to say in her Defence, but a confident denial that she was in the Room, whereupon she was found
Guilty
of Felony.
[Branding. See summary.]