Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
12th October 1720
Dorothy
Hellom
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Peters in Middlesex
, was indicted for
breaking open the House of
William
Mills
proceedingsvictim
in the Day Time, no Person being therein, and taking thence a Silk Gown and Petticoat value 6 l. a Quilted Petticoat value 10 s. 8 Damask Napkins 16 s. a Damask Table Cloth 30 s. a Lawn Sheet 40 s. and one Hoiland Shirt 15 s.
on the 14th of August
last. She was a second time indicted for
breaking the House of
Samuel
Caldicut
proceedingsvictim
in the Day Time, no Person being therein, and taking thence a Blue Apron value 1 s. and a Muslin Neckcloth value 6 d.
on the 20th of July
last. It appeared plainly that the Prisoner took the Goods and told where she had disposed of them, and that they were found accordingly; which she owned before the Justice, and her Confession was read in Court. But the
Evidence not being sufficient to fix the Burglaries on her, the Jury Acquitted her of them; and found her Guilty of Felony only on each Indictment
.
Transportation
.