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

25th February 1747

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174, 175 Elizabeth Wardell proceedingsdefend and Sarah Pollock proceedingsdefend were indicted for stealing 15 Guineas in Gold, and 8 s. in Silver , the Property of Jacob Forecast proceedingsvictim , who deposed that Elizabeth Wardell < no role > was the Person who robbed him of a Green Silk Purse, and 15 Guineas in Gold, and 8 s. in Silver, as he was in Bed with her, at a House in Petticoat lane ; he went to Bed with Elizabeth Wardell < no role > about 12 o'Clock, and was waked by the other Prisoner, Sarah Pollock < no role > , who came into the Room with a Candle in her Hand, and teazed him to give her some Money for a Dram, while Wardell took his Breeches from under the Pillow; upon missing his Money he charged the Watch with them both, and they were sent to the Compter, where Pollock told the Prosecutor, that she believed one Sarah Banks < no role > had his Money. The Prisoners in their Defence denied the Fact: and Wardell said, as she was going of an Errand, the Prosecutor picked her up, and would go home with her; but she knew nothing of his Money. They called three or four People to their Character; and there being no Evidence against them but the Prosecutor, who gave a very same Account of the Matter (and having no Manner of Forecast, according to his Name, otherwise, perhaps, he might have saved his Money) the Jury acquitted them.




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