Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
25th February 1747
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.