Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
21st February 1739
142.
Elizabeth
Cale
proceedingsdefend
, of St. Magnus the Martyr
, was indicted for
stealing a Silver Spoon, val. 10 s.
the Goods of
William
White
proceedingsvictim
, Feb. 9
.
It appeared, That the Prisoner carried the Spoon to
Jane
Bunn
< no role >
, in order to pawn it. Bunn suspecting it was not honestly come by, sent her Servant, with the Spoon and the Prisoner, to Mr. White, who immediately charged her with the Robbery.
Guilty, 10 d
.
[Whipping. See summary.]