Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
13th July 1715
Martha
Bowen , alias
Mary Smith
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Giles Cripplegate
, was indicted for
stealing a Brass Pot, value 2 s. 2 Gold Rings, value 20 s.
and other Goods of
Mary
Weston
proceedingsvictim
, on the 30th of May
last. The Prosecutor swore, That the Prisoner had been a Lodger in the House; and being gone, the Goods were miss'd; whereupon she was suspected, taken, and confess'd the Fact. She did not deny her having the Things at her Trial, but said the Prosecutor gave them to her to raise Money; which not being believ'd, she was found
Guilty
of Felony.
[Branding. See summary.]