Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
8th December 1725
Margaret
Pew
proceedingsdefend
, was indicted for
stealing 60 Ells of Mantua Silk, value 5 l. and other Things in the House of
Henry
Foreman
proceedingsvictim
and
William
Brachstone
proceedingsvictim
, November 21
.
Several Witnesses thus depos'd, The Prisoner for 3 or 4 Months past, has been Servant to Mr. Brachstone; she left a Box at the Lodging of
Francis
Harrison
< no role >
in Coleman street, and said she would call for it in 2 or 3 Days. Harrison searched the Prisoner's Box, and finding several Goods in it, which Mr. Brachstone dealt in, he gave him Notice of it; upon which Mr. Brackstone came and own'd them.
Guilty 39 s.
[Transportation. See summary.]