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stealing four pieces of gold coin, called guineasand 7 s 6 d. in money, numbered, the money of <rs type="persName" id="t17540530-10-victim127"> <interp inst="t17540530-10-victim127" type="role" value="proceedingsvictim"></interp>
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, in the dwelling-house </rs>
of the said Barnard<rs id="t17540530-10-cd44" type="crimeDate">April 29</rs>
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I live at <rs type="placeName" id="t17540530-10-crimeloc45">the Cherry tree, in Kingsland road</rs>
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. The prisoner was a <rs id="t17540530-10-deflabel46" type="occupation">servant</rs>
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to me upwards of six months, and lived with my wife mother upwards of five years. I was out at the time of the robbery: she was carried before justice Chamberlain.</p>
<p>Q. Did she make any confession, or was there any taken in writing?</p>
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. I do not know; the justice wrote something.</p>
<p>Q. Did she sign it ?</p>
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. I cannot say.</p>
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. I am wife to the last witness.<xptr type="pageFacsimile" doc="175405300008"></xptr>
On the 29th of April I missed some silver out of my bureau; I had seen it about two hours before.</p>
<p>Q. When was it you saw it?</p>
<p>Marry Goodchild. As near as I can guess about the hours of three and four, and between four and five I missed it: the keys were found by the prisoner.</p>
<p>Q. What do you mean by by her?</p>
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. Down upon the ground by her.</p>
<p>Q. Did you leave your keys in your drawers?</p>
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. I did not; I had used my tea-chest not an hour before, and left them in that; there was money found upon the prisoner.</p>
<p>Q. Had she none before?</p>
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. No, she had none before.</p>
<p>Q. How do you know that?</p>
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. Because the day before I lent her 6 d. for the mending of her gown.</p>
<p>Q. How much money was there found upon her?</p>
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. Two shillings and six pence first, and 3 s. 6 d. afterwards.</p>
<p>Q. Did you ever find any of your guineas again?</p>
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. No, I never did.</p>
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. I am servant in that house; I found the keys by the prisoner; she lay upon the ground.</p>
<p>Q. How came she to lay upon the ground?</p>
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. She was very much in liquor, and so tumbled down; the money lay by her; there was a half a crown and 3 s. 6 d.</p>
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Thomas Hankey <interp inst="t17540530-10-person140" type="surname" value="Hankey"></interp>
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. I lodged in this house.</p>
<p>Q. What business do you follow?</p>
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. I do not follow any.</p>
<p>Q. Have you been brought up to any business?</p>
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. Yes, to a distiller. The prisoner desired me to go up stairs with her, saying, she would find some of the money if she could: she found 3 s. 6 d. and gave it me in my hand, and I gave it her mistress; that is all I know.</p>
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. Mr. Goodchild acquinted me that he had been robbed; I spoke to the prisoner, and desired her to confess, saying, her master and mistress would not hurt her, but she did not.</p>
<p>The prisoner said nothing in her defence.</p>
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Acquitted </rs>
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