Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials

28th February 1728

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Hannah Cartwright proceedingsdefend , of St. Anne's, Westminster , was indicted for feloniously stealing a Holland Shirt, a Silk Petticoats, and other wearing Apparel , on the 30th of December last, the Property of John Purdis proceedingsvictim .

The Prosecutor depos'd, That the Prisoner being a miserable Object, he took her out of the Streets, and employ'd her as a Servant , but missing his Goods, he suspected her, and accordingly charged her with the taking them. which she confess'd, and in Consequence of her Confession, the Jury found her guilty of single Felony.

[Transportation. See summary.]




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