Mary Martin proceedingsdefend , of St. Giles's in the Fields , was indicted for privately stealing 4 Pair of Linnen Sheets, value 30 s. on the 29th of June last, the Property of Jonathan Marriat proceedingsvictim .

Mrs. Marriat depos'd, That the Prisoner pretending to be a Country Girl, and by subtle Means inveigling herself into her Family, she took her as a hired Servant , and that in a little Time after, she privately took the Sheets out of a Trunk and in a scandalous Manner quitted her Service; but they having Occasion to look for her, found her converting some of the Sheets (being Holland) into Caps. Shifts and Aprons, the others which was coarser, she had pawn'd, which she confess'd, and for which she was found guilty to the Value of 10 d.

[Transportation. See summary.]