Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
15th April 1724
Ann
Dowler
proceedingsdefend
, of the Parish of St. Martin's in the Fields
, was indicted for
feloniously stealing Goods, in the Dwelling-House
of
Avice
Bennet
proceedingsvictim
, the 18th of this Instant April
. It appear'd by the Evidence, that the Prisoner was imploy'd as a Servant
, upon Occasion, by the Prosecutor, and while her Mistress was gone Abroad, carried away the Goods, and sold them. The Fact being plainly prov'd, the Jury found her
guilty to the Value of 39 s.
Transportation
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