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

27th February 1723

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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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