Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
14th January 1698
William
Brown, alias
Honowan
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,
Elizabeth
Williams
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, and
Jane
Brown
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, all of the Parish of St. Sepulchers
, were Indicted for
Felony and Burglary, in breaking the House of
Ann
Packman
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, Widow
, on the 20th of January
, in the 8th Year of his Majesty's Reign, and taking thence one Lutestring Gown value 20 s. one pair of Stays value 20 s. 4 Holland Aprons value 20 s. 3 l. in Moneys numbred, with several other Goods
. It appeared that the Prosecutor being from home, having left the Key of her Room behind her, which the Prisoner Jane Brown perceiving, took the Impression of it upon Clay, by which she had one made, and there with opening the Prosecutor's door, broke open the Locks where the Goods lay, and carry'd them off. Elizabeth Williams in the mean time lookt out at one of the Windows to prevent being surprized. It did not appear that William Brown had any hand in the Burglary, he was
acquitted
; But Jane Brown was found
Guilty
of the Felony and Burglary, and Elizabeth Williams was found
Guilty of Felony only
.
[Williams: Branding. See summary.]
[Brown: Death -respited for pregnancy. See summary.]