Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th January 1703
Ann
Mason
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Trinity Minories
, was indicted for
feloniously Stealing a silk Hood and Scarf, and a Pair of worsted Stockings
, from
John
Hilow
proceedingsvictim
, on the 12th of December
last. The Prosecutor said, That she took a Room in his House, by the Name of Taylor, and took her opportunity to take the Goods, which being mist, they search'd, and found the Hood in her Table-Drawer, upon which, he charged her with the rest, which she confest, saying, That she had pawned them. The Prisoner denied the Fact, Saying, The Prosecutor's Wife lent them her to pawn, which was denied by the Prosecutor; The Jury found her
guilty to the value of 10 d.
[Whipping. See summary.]