Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
5th December 1744
67.
Ann
Fryday
proceedingsdefend
, of St. James's, Westminster
, was indicted for
stealing a tablecloth, value 12 d. a hat, value 6 d. and five shillings in money
, the property of
John
Edwards
proceedingsvictim
, Sept. 28
.
Hannah
Edwards
< no role >
. The Prisoner was in my room, she was standing with her back against my drawers; when she moved, a tablecloth and a hat fell from her side; I found six-pence and three-pence upon the ground, and when I looked into my drawers, I missed five shillings: there was no body near the drawers but herself.
Acquitted
.