469. (M.) Mary Gannon proceedingsdefend , spinster , was indicted for stealing a silver watch, value 4 l. one moidore, one 4 s. 6 d. piece, eleven guineas, two half guineas, and two quarter guineas, the money of Edward Lambert proceedingsvictim , privately from his person , June 23 . ++

Edward Lambert < no role > . I am a bargeman . On the 23d of June about seven in the evening, I was going along East Smithfield , there stood a girl at a door; she asked me whether I would give her a dram; I stopped and said, my girl, will you drink a dram; she said, yes, if I would give her one; I went in and gave her money to buy a quartern of gin; she gave it to a person to fetch the gin; while she was gone for the gin, another girl said to me, what will you give me to do so and so; I said she was not big enough; she said, then I'll send for a girl that is big enough; then the prisoner was sent for; she came, and asked me what I would give her; I told them both they might take the shilling between them that I had given to send for the gin; I sat down on the bed, and the prisoner by me, there were two other girls in the room at the time; in about half a minute I went to get up, I catched her hand pulling my watch out; I said, my girl, you are going to rob me of my watch; she let it fall on the floor and break the glass and minutehand; I having a mistrust she had been about my pocket, I whipped my hand to my pocket and found my money was gone, 11 guineas, two half guineas, two 5 s. 3 d. pieces a moidore, a 4 s. 6 d. piece, and some silver all, all in a brown canvas bag; I stopped her and said my girl, you are not to go off till I search you, I sent for an officer, we searched two of them, but there was no money to be found, they denied every thing; we took the prisoner to the watch-house; I never had my money again.

Q. Was you drunk or sober?

Lambert. I was not drunk, I had drank more than I needed.

Q. Where did you take that shilling from which you gave them for gin?

Lambert. I took it out of my purse; I am certain my money was in my purse then, I put it into my right-hand breeches pocket.

George Shadow < no role > . I am a constable; I was sent for to take these girls into custody; I searched the prisoner and another; I found nothing upon them but a few halfpence, and I gave them them again; I took the prisoner before the Justice the next day, and carried her to prison; she confessed to me she picked the man's pocket.

Q. Did you make her any promise before she confessed?

Shadow. I said if she would confess, it would be the better for her; she said she was concerned with him when she picked his pocket, and she handed the money to Hannah Trevit < no role > ; I have searched for Hannah Trevit < no role > but never could find her.

Prisoner's defence.

There were two girls with the man before I was, and he gave them 3 d. each; upon our getting off the bed the watch fell down out of his fob, I never touched the chain of his watch nor money neither; there was little Peg, she ran away with his money; they let her and the other girl go off and took me; I am but 15 years old.

Shadow. I asked the prosecutor who he could swear to that took his money; he said he could swear to none but the prisoner.

She called George Legg < no role > and Mary Farris < no role > , who said she worked hard for her bread in selling fish, gooseberries, cherries, and any thing in its season.

Acq .