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

12th October 1720

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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 .




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