Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th July 1708
Ann
Pickering
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Anns Westminster
, was Indicted for
feloniously Stealing a Stuff Mantua Gown and Petticoat, a suit of Headcloaths and other things to the value of 14 s.
the Goods of
Mary
Hownsby
proceedingsvictim
. She was a 2d time Indicted for
Stealing a Norwich Stuff Gown and Petticoat, and 3 Dowlace Smocks, with other things to the value of 14 s.
the Goods of
Mary
Sylvester
proceedingsvictim
, on the 8th of June
last. The Evidence depos'd that the Prisoner lodg'd in the same House with the Prosecutors, that she took her Opportunity while the Prosecutors were from Home, to enter their Lodgings, and took the Goods: That she was taken with the Gowns and Petticoats upon her Body and the rest of the things bundled upin order to carry them off. The Facts being plain, the Jury found her
Guilty to the value of 10 d.