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

28th February 1722

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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 .




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