226. MARY OWEN proceedingsdefend was indicted for stealing, on the 7th of June , half a yard of silk, value 2 s. 6 d. twenty remnants of cotton, value 5 s. a piece of binding, value 6 d. the property of Richard Hudson proceedingsvictim and William Corney proceedingsvictim .

RICHARD HUDSON < no role > sworn.

I live at No. 4, Broad-street, Carnaby-market , I keep an upholsterer's shop and cabinet-maker ; we have missed cottons and buckrams, and tapes and callico. On Tuesday morning last I heard the prisoner wasto have a patch counterpane raffled for in the neighbourhood, and upon her not coming back to breakfast, I enquired after her, and understood there were not members enough to be procured; I saw the counterpane, and they were all my patterns of cotton, and I saw a child's frock which was my property; I found all these things in her lodgings by a search warrant; I can swear to them all by the patterns, and to this piece of India silk in particular; it matches to a piece I have here, where it was cut off; the prisoner has worked for me a year and three quarters. The value of all the things I can swear positively to is thirty-nine shillings. William Corney < no role > is my partner.

JOHN BROWN < no role > sworn.

(Produced the counterpane.)

It was pawned with me for ten shillings, I did not take it in.

DOROTHY HOUSEMAN < no role > sworn.

I know the prisoner; she gave my little girl some little bits and shreds to make two counterpanes on, and I was to have one for making the other; she said they were the perquisites that were allowed on cutting out at Mr. Hudson's and Corney's shop.

Prosecutor. I allowed her none, I forbid her taking any bits.

JAMES SLADE < no role > sworn.

I am a constable; I went with a search warrant to Mr. Phillips's, No. 5, Edward-street, Broad-street, there I found the prisoner up two pair of stairs, she was coming out with this property tied up in a bundle; a chest that was not locked was full of the same sort, only not such small pieces.

PRISONER's DEFENCE.

I was forewoman , and I looked on all those bits my perquisites, I had but eight shillings a week, I did a man's work; I have no witnesses, I am a stranger in the place.

ANN EDGEWORTH < no role > sworn.

I made two counterpanes for the prisoner, she said the pieces were her property, as she was forewoman of the shop.

GUILTY .

Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice ASHURST.

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