Sarah Thornton proceedingsdefend , of St. Clements, Danes , was indicted for privately stealing from the Person of John Cutter proceedingsvictim , half a Guinea , the 20th of April last. The Prosecutor depos'd, The Prisoner pick'd him up in the Strand, and ask'd him to give her a Bottle of Wine; that he reply'd he did not know her, to which she reply'd, nor did she know him, but it was no matter for that, they could soon be better acquainted; that thereupon he told her, he was not such a Churl as to refuse to give a Bottle of Wine to a Woman: That there upon they went to the Crown-Tavern near St. Clement s Church and having drank together, he was going away Upon which the Prisoner ask'd him to give her something for staying with him; that then he threw down half a Crown, and had 2 s. 6 d. and a half Guinea in his Hand, which he put into his Pocket; that afterwards as they were sitting together, he perceiv'd the Prisoner's Hand in his Pocket, which he endeavouring to take hold of, she clapped it to her Mouth, and, as he suppos'd, swallow'd the half Guinea, for searching his Pocket it was gone. The Prisoner denyed the Fact, and the Prosecutor not being able to say that he saw her have the half Guinea in her Hand, the Jury acquitted her.