Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
10th July 1723
Martha
Devon
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Giles in the Fields
, was indicted for
privately stealing 19 s. from the Person of
Robert
Reading
proceedingsvictim
, the 16th of June
last. The Prosecutor depos'd, that he being in Liquor, sat down upon a Stone in a Yard, late at Night, on the 15th of June last, that Prisoner came and sat down by him, that he bid her keep her Distance, but she did not, and he fell a Sleep, and when he wak'd he miss'd his Money. A Watchman depos'd, that about one a Clock in the Morning, the Prisoner came and sat down on a Bench by his Stand, and there pull'd out Mony, and told to the Sum of 15 s. and that afterwards hearing the Prosecutor had been robb'd, he taxed her with taking his Mony; that she reply'd, if she had not some Body else would, and she might as well have it as another. The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, and pleaded it was Mony sent her out of the Country. The Jury found her
guilty to the Value of 10 d.
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