Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th May 1771
351. (M.)
Susanna
Lunn
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was indicted for
stealing two pillows, value 2 s. two pillow cases, value 6 d. one bolster, value 2 s. two blankets, value 2 s. two green harrateen curtains, value 5 s. one linen sheet, value 2 s. one looking-glass, value 2 s. one flat iron, value 6 d. one brass candlestick, value 6 d. one copper saucepan, value 2 s. and thirty pounds weight of feathers, value 20 s. the property of
William
Shaw
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, being in a certain lodging room let to her by contract by the said
William
Shaw
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.
It appeared upon the evidence that there was an error in the indictment, that the lodging was let, not to the prisoner, but to her husband, therefore she was
Acquitted.