584. (M.) Mary wife of Peter Ambery < no role > proceedingsdefend , was indicted for stealing four linen aprons, value 5 s. one linen shift, value 4 s. four handkerchiefs, value 2 s. a pair of cotton hose, and a linen towel , the property of James Stafford proceedingsvictim , Sept. 1 . ++

Mrs. Stafford. I am wife to James Stafford < no role > ; the prisoner worked for me almost three years, I take in washing. On the 25th of August I missed a shift, on the 1st of September I lost an apron; I went to a pawnbroker's near the prisoner's house, I asked for a shift and apron pledged in her name; the pawnbroker refused producing them without the prisoner herself was there; then I went for an officer. After that we found an apron, not that which I had then missed; I went and fetched the prisoner from my house to the pawnbroker's, then the pawnbroker found four handkerchiefs; I found the stockings at the prisoner's house; she would not own to the other two aprons.

John Mead < no role > . I live with Mr. Paine, a pawnbroker in Bow-street near Bloomsbury, (the shift, two aprons, and four handkerchiefs produced,) these I took in of the prisoner at the bar in her name at different times, (deposed to by prosecutrix.)

Prisoner's defence.

I beg the court will be as merciful as they can.

Guilty 10 d. W .