Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
28th February 1728
Hannah
Cartwright
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, 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
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.
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.]