Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
5th December 1718
Mary
Hewson
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Dunstans Stepney
, was indicted for
Feloniously stealing 2 Silver Spoons, and wearing apparel, value 20 s. in the House of
Mary
Kemp
proceedingsvictim
, the 8th of November
last. The Evidence depos'd the Prisoner came to live with the Prosecutor as a servant
on the Thursday, and on the Saturday following went away with the Goods, that a Gown belonging to the Prosecutors Daughter, was found upon her back when she was apprehended. The Prisoner pleaded she bought the Gown of a Woman that sold old Clothes, but not proving it, the Jury found her
guilty
of the Indictment.
Transportation
.