Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
14th October 1680
THe first Tryed on Wednesday in the Forenoon were two
Women
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, one for
Stealing an old Farringden Gown and other Cloaths
; the other for a piece of Linnen-cloth: The Jury found them both
Guilty, only under the value of 10 d.
But against the latter of them there was another Indictment, for stealing a Silver Tankard out of an House where she took Lodgings, in Southampton-Buildings, coming thither in good Habit, pretending herself a substantial Gentleman's Wife, who (she said) would come to her within a day or two out of the Country; but desiring some Beer to be by her Bed side, got up early next Morning, and ran away with the Tankard. So that on this Indictment she was found Guilty of Felony.