Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
4th April 1722
Joseph
Reeves
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,
John
Scoon , alias
Spooner, alias
Crow
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,
Ann
Thatcher
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,
Mary
Thatcher
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, and
Mary
Coats
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, of St. Giles Cripplegate
, were indicted, Reeves and Scoon, for
feloniously stealing 16 Shirts, Smocks, and other Linnen, to the value of 4 l. the Goods of several Persons
, on the 30th of March
last, and the 3 Women for
feloniously receiving the same, knowing them to be stoln
.
Ann
Godfrey
< no role >
depos'd, that about 11 at Night she left the Linnen hanging to dry on the Leads, and at 4 the next Morning they were gone. Willis the Constable depos'd, that he apprehended Scoon, who carried him to
Daniel
Farmer
< no role >
's, a Broker in Chick Lane, and to other places, where they found most of the Linnen again, which was produced in Court.
Mary
Thornton
< no role >
depos'd. that she lay in Ann Thatcher's House, and about 12 a Clock, Scoon and Reeves brought the Bundle to
Mary
Thatcber
< no role >
, and Coats, who brought the Goods to
Ann
Thatcher
< no role >
, and ask'd her what she'd give for'em? she answer'd 8 s. - Phoo, says Mary Thatcher, you may very well afford to give 12. The Mens Confession was read in Court, wherein they own'd the Fact. The Jury found'em all
guilty
.
[Transportation. See summary.]