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

28th February 1722

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Elizabeth Bower proceedingsdefend , of St. Andrew Holbourn , was indicted for feloniously stealing 21 pair of Shoes, value 55 s. and a pair of Clogs, value 8 d. the Goods of John Hannel proceedingsvictim , on the 2nd of December last. John Hannel depos'd, that he had lost the Shoes at several times, and upon enquiry found them at Robert's shop. Winifred Roberts < no role > depos'd, that she bought them of the prisoner. The prisoner in her defence said, that her Husband who was Hannels Journyman brought them to her, and told her his Master had turn'd them upon his hands; and when she was apprehended for the fact, he ran away from her. The Jury acquitted her.




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