Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
8th December 1708
Ann
Price
proceedingsdefend
, was Indicted for
feloniously stealing a Feather Bed, a Bolster, 2 Pillows with divers other things
, the Goods of
Michael
Wood
proceedingsvictim
, on the 1st of September
last. It appear'd by the Evidence, that the Prisoner lodg'd in a Room furnish'd by the Prosecutor, and on the 1st of November she being from her Lodging, the Prosecutor sent to her for the Key of her Room, having had occasion for some of the Goods; That with the Key the Prisoner sent him a Letter, to tell him that she had rob'd the Room, and pawn'd the Goods to divers Pawn-Brokers. Which Confession proving true, and the Prisoner saying nothing in her Defence, the Jury found her
Guilty
.
[Branding. See summary.]