Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
23rd May 1751
373. (M.)
Ann
Hizard
proceedingsdefend
, widow
, was indicted for
stealing one linen shift, one linen bed gown, three linen aprons, three linen handkerchiefs
, the goods of
Oliver
Husters
proceedingsvictim
, May 3
. +
Ann
Vice
< no role >
. The prosecutor had been robbed of these things, I went to tell
Robert
Wood
< no role >
the pawnbroker if such were brought to stop them, he came after this and fetch'd me, he had stopp'd the shift and bed gown and one apron, produced in court and deposed to.
Robert
Wood
< no role >
. My neighbour sent his servant to tell me he had lost such goods, begging I would stop them if brought to pawn, and about 2 hours after the prisoner came with the apron, bed gown and shift; I stopp'd them, they prove to be the prosecutor's property.
Prisoner's Defence.
I met a woman or two and we had a dram together, I cannot remember whether I went to the pawnbroker's or not.
Guilty 10 d
.
[Transportation. See summary.]