Mary Peel proceedingsdefend , of St. Paul's Shadwel , was indicted for feloniously stealing six Yards of Canvas, and ten Yards of Duck , the Property of our Sovereign Lord King George II proceedingsvictim .

Sarah Carmuck < no role > depos'd, That she being on Board the Deal Castle (of which the Prisoner's Husband is Boatswain ) the Prisoner's Husband put six Yards of Canvas into the Scuttle, and the Prisoner took it out, and carried it away; and that her Husband finding she had taken it, said, G - D - n the Woman, she will carry away the King's Ship if I will let her; and that she saw a Sheet made of the Duck hanging in her Yard.

The Prisoner deny'd the Fact, call'd a great many of her Neighbours who gave her a good Character, and the Prosecutor a very ill one; that she was a quarrelsome, malicious Woman, whose common Usage was to threaten those whom she quarrelled with to swear Felony or Treason against them. The Jury acquitted the Prisoner, and the Court being of Opinion it was a malicious Prosecution, order'd her a Copy of her Indictment.