Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
30th August 1721
Rebekah
Moore
proceedingsdefend
of St. Botolph without Bishopsgate
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing a Brass Porridge Pot, value 7 s. Fustian Frock and Wastcoat, value 10. an Apron 21. and a Muslin Handkerchief value 1 s.
the Goods of
Henry
Walden
proceedingsvictim
, on the 23d of August
last.
Alice
Walden
< no role >
deposed, that the Prisoner came to their House between 7 and 9 in the Evening, went up into the Garret and took the Goods; that she went to the Prisoner the next Day. When she confessed the Fact, and had her to the Place where she had sold the Pot. Her Confession before the Justice was read in Court, and she did not deny it on her Tryal. The Jury considering the Matter, found her
Guilty to the Value of 10 d
.
[Transportation. See summary.]