Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
28th February 1722
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.