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

5th December 1744

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66. Elizabeth Ashley proceedingsdefend , of St. Mary, Whitechapel , was indicted for stealing a sheet, value 3 s. a tablecloth, value 2 s. and a shirt, value 5 s. the goods of Thomas Poole proceedingsvictim , November 20 .

Ellis Poole < no role > . I lost the things off a line in my yard, and I took the tablecloth from under her clothes.

Robert Ford < no role > . I saw the Prisoner come into the yard pretty much in liquor (I did not think she came to commit felony) she went from one place to another, and handled a great many things. I called Mrs. Poole, and I saw the tablecloth taken from her. Guilty 10 d.

[Whipping. See summary.]




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