178. (M.) Ann, wife of Thomas, True proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing two linnen sheets, value 4 s. one mahogony tea-board, value 12 d. and one flat iron, value 4 d. the goods of Samuel Fox proceedingsvictim , April 17 . +

Alice Fox < no role > . My husband is named Samuel; I live in Great Warner-street, Clerkenwell ; I let a lodging room ready furnished to the prisoner at the bar.

Q. When?

Fox. Ten weeks ago last Monday.

Q. Did you lose any part of the furniture the time she was there?

Fox. I did: A pair of sheets, a mahogony tea-board, and a flat iron.

Q. Have you found either of them again?

Fox. I found a sheet and the flat iron at one Mr Martyn's a Pawn-broker; and the other sheet at Mr Coy's; and the tea-board at Mr Packer's.

Q. By what means did you find them?

Fox. The prisoner confess'd she had taken and pawn'd them at three several places, and went with us, and call'd for them, and they where produc'd accordingly.

Q. Has the prisoner a husband?

Fox. Yes; but she said he was not concerned in taking away the things.

Jos. Packer. I live at Mr Watson's a Pawnbroker at the corner of Leather-lane, he produc'd a tea-board. This I think the woman at the bar pawn'd to me, but I am not sure.

Q. Do you remember her coming again to fetch it out?

Packer. I do. That I know was the prisoner; the constable and prosecutrix were with her.

Q. Did she then say she had pawn'd it with you ?

Packer. She did.

Q. to prosecutrix. Look at this tea-board.

Prosecutrix. This is my property.

William Ward < no role > . I live with Mr Coy a Pawnbroker (he produc'd a sheet). I think I took this in of the prisoner at the bar.

Q. Do you remember her coming with the constable for it again?

Ward. I do. She ask'd for a sheet that she had brought, and I produc'd this.

Prosecutrix. This sheet is not mark'd; but mine were of the same kind, and the prisoner acknowledg'd it, and the other to be mine.

Thomas Martyn < no role > . He produc'd a sheet and flat iron. These I had of the prisoner at the bar. She pawn'd them in the name of Ann True < no role > . She came again along with the prosecutrix and constable and demanded them, and I let her have them. I have compared this sheet to the other here produc'd; they are fellows.

Q. to prosecutrix. Look at the flat iron; do you know it?

Prosecutrix. I do by three letters that are upon it.

Prisoner's Defence.

I pawn'd these things out of necessity to pay for my lodgings.

Guilty 10 d.