Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
24th February 1725
Ann
Jones
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, of S. Giles's in the Fields
, was indicted for
stealing a Drugget Suit val. 30 s. the Goods of
William
Clark
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, Senior, a Coat val. 3 s. a Silk Wastcoat. val. 2 s. the Goods of
William
Clark
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, Junior; 2 Suits of Drugget, 2 Shirts and 2 Pair of Leather Breeches, the Goods of
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, in the House of William Clark, Senior
, on the 2 d of February
. It appeared that the Prisoner with a great Candle came thro' an Entry belonging to Mr. Clark's House, and passed by his Wife, who stood at the Door, about 3 in the Afternoon. She suspected her to be a Thief, and desired her Husband to go and stop her; which he did, and brought her back, with all the Goods mention'd in the Indictment. What, says he, could not you be contented with one Suit at a time? No, says she, I am like a great many more in the World, and I fare accordingly for all covet, all lose.
Guilty to the Value of 39 s.
Transportation
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