Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
5th December 1744
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.]