Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
27th February 1723
Mary
Merryday
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Andrew Holborn
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing two Suits of lac'd Head-Cloths, value 30 s. and other Goods, the Property of
Grace
Dorney
proceedingsvictim
. And a pair of Stays, and other Goods, the Property of
Ann
Meredith
proceedingsvictim
, in the House of Grace Dorney
, the 14th of this Instant February
. Grace Dorney depos'd, That the Prisoner was her Servant
, and the Goods were taken out of her Drawer, and they were taken upon the Prisoner when she was carried before the Justice. The Constable depos'd, That she had the Stays, and some other Goods, upon her. The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, said the Goods were her own, and that her Mistress and she had some Words, being of different Religions, and she had a mind to go out; but her Mistress not giving her leave to go, she went without leave, and not coming home, she charg'd her with stealing the Goods, tho' they were her own. But the Prosecutors swore positively that the Goods were not hers but theirs. Upon this the Jury found her
guilty to the Value of 10 d.
Transportation
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