Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
1st June 1704
Jane
Egglestone
proceedingsdefend
of the Parish of St. Andrews Holbourn
, was Indicted for
Feloniously Stealing a Holland Sheet, and a Pillowber, from
William
Stanton
proceedingsvictim
, and two pair of Ruffles, and a Suit of Laced Muslin Head-Cloaths, the Goods of
John
Welch
proceedingsvictim
, on the 6th of May
last
. The first Evidence deposed, That the Prisoner opened the Hatch, and got into the House, and took the Goods, and put them them into her Apron, and was going her way; upon which she askt her who she would speak withal? And she said, she came to spake with a Woman that work'd for my Lady Goreing; but mistrusting her, took her into the Parlour, where the Goods were found upon her. She denyed that she was ever in the House. But it appeared to the contrary, and the Prosecutor's having their Goods again; the Jury considering the matter, found her
Guilty to the value of 10 d.
[Whipping. See summary.]