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

5th December 1744

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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 .




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