Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

5th December 1718

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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 .




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