Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
8th March 1704
Robecca
Harvey
proceedingsdefend
, and
Ann
Pulham
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, of the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West
, were indicted for
privately Stealing 13 Yards of printed Callico, and 11 Yards of Muslin, out of the Shop of
John
Browne
proceedingsvictim
, on the 12th of February
last. The Prosecutor said, That Harvey and another Woman came into the Shop, and cheapened some Callico, and took their opportunity to take the Goods, and gave them to Pulham, who waited for them at a distance off; but pursuing them, they were both taken, and the Goods were found upon Pulham, who denyed the Fact, saying, That she met with one
Jenny
Stephens
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, who would give her six pence to carry them to the Chequer-Inn in Holbourn, but could not prove it; and they both being Confederates, the Jury found them
Guilty
.