Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
4th April 1722
Elizabeth
Philips , alias
Harwood
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Brides
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing out of the Dwelling House of
Samuel
Scot
proceedingsvictim
, 4 Ounces of Silver, value 3 l. 10 s. and other Things
, on the 26th of February
last. It appear'd that the prisoner was the Prosecutor's Servant
, and that
Sarah
Hopkins
< no role >
offering some Silver to sale to
Edward
Jennings
< no role >
, was stopt, by which means the Prisoner was discover'd, who confest the Fact. In her Defence she only called two or three who gave her a good Character.
Guilty to the value of 39 s.
[Branding. See summary.]