Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
28th February 1722
Frances
Lacey
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Margaret Westminster
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing out of the House of
Richard
Austin
proceedingsvictim
, 20 Gallons of Geneva, value 39 s.
on the 10th of August
last. She was a 2d time indicted for
feloniously stealing out of the House of Richard Austin, 9 s. and 6 d.
on the 20th of August
last. The Prosecutor's Daughter,
Mary
Pew
< no role >
, depos'd, that about two Years ago, she met the prisoner on her Father's Stairs with a Pail of Geneva in her hand: who threatned to kill her if she told her Father: that she saw her Ten or a Dozen times in the same manner: another time she saw her take 9 s. out of her Father's Drawer: that she conceal'd it for fear of the prisoner, and acquainted her Father with it the Wednesday before. The prisoner pleaded, that Pew had quarrel'd with her, and accus'd her out of Spite. Several appear'd to her Reputation. She was
acquitted
.