Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
7th September 1715
Trolly
Lolly
proceedingsdefend This name instance is in set 1249.
, of the Parish of St. Mary Whitechappel
, was indicted for
breaking the House of
Christopher
Hurt
proceedingsvictim
, and stealing thence 1 Pair of Flaxen Sheets, value 10 s. and other Goods
from the said Christopher Hurt, on the 22d of July
last. The Prosecutor depos'd, That being in Bed he heard a Noise, and looking out of the Window, saw the Prisoner go out of his House with the Goods, upon which he ran out and took her. A Lodger swore, That being obliged to rise early on the Account of his Business that Morning, he lock'd the Door after him, and put the Key under it. The Prisoner in her Defence said she was going a Hay-making, and saw the Door wide open; which being a very poor one, she was found
Guilty of Felony and Burglary
.
[Death. See summary.]