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

5th December 1744

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22. Hannah Roffe proceedingsdefend , was indicted for stealing a shift, value 7 s. the goods of Mary Thresher proceedingsvictim , October 31 .

Ann Hilliard < no role > . I am a washerwoman: I missed a shift off my line about four o'clock in the afternoon: the Prisoner had the shift under her cloak, and my sister and I took it from her.

Ann Farmborough < no role > . I saw the Prisoner come out of the entry, and I said to her, good woman what do you want? She made no answer; so I thought she was hard of hearing. I called to Mrs. Hilliard, and the shift was taken from under her apron. Guilty 10 d.

[Whipping. See summary.]




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