Jump to Content
Jump to Main Navigation
Jump to Section Navigation
Sign in
Register
London Lives 1690 to 1800
Crime, Poverty and Social Policy in the Metropolis
Main Navigation
Home
Search
Browse
Lives
Historical Background
The Project
London Lives Book
<
div1
type
=
"trialAccount"
id
=
"t17940716-63"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63"
type
=
"collection"
value
=
"BAILEY"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63"
type
=
"uri"
value
=
"sessionsPapers/17940716"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63"
type
=
"after"
value
=
"17940716"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63"
type
=
"before"
value
=
"17940716"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"criminalCharge"
id
=
"t17940716-63-off312-c555"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t17940716-63-defend642 t17940716-63-off312 t17940716-63-verdict315"
>
</
join
>
<
p
>
446.
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t17940716-63-defend642"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-defend642"
type
=
"role"
value
=
"proceedingsdefend"
>
</
interp
>
SARAH POWELL
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-defend642"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"POWELL"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-defend642"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"SARAH"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-defend642"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
was indicted for
<
rs
id
=
"t17940716-63-off312"
type
=
"offenceDescription"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-off312"
type
=
"offenceCategory"
value
=
"theft"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-off312"
type
=
"offenceSubcategory"
value
=
"grandLarceny"
>
</
interp
>
stealing, on the
<
rs
id
=
"t17940716-63-cd313"
type
=
"crimeDate"
>
16th of July
</
rs
>
<
join
result
=
"offenceCrimeDate"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t17940716-63-off312 t17940716-63-cd313"
>
</
join
>
, a cotton gown, value 3s. a looking glass in a gilt frame, value 12s.
</
rs
>
the goods of
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t17940716-63-victim643"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-victim643"
type
=
"role"
value
=
"proceedingsvictim"
>
</
interp
>
Sarah Swinerton
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-victim643"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"Swinerton"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-victim643"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"Sarah"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-victim643"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"offenceVictim"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t17940716-63-off312 t17940716-63-victim643"
>
</
join
>
</
rs
>
.
</
p
>
<
p
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t17940716-63-person644"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person644"
type
=
"role"
value
=
""
>
</
interp
>
SARAH SWINERTON
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person644"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"SWINERTON"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person644"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"SARAH"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person644"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"female"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
sworn.
</
p
>
<
p
>
I lost a cotton gown and looking glass, on Wednesday last; the duplicate of the gown has been found in the prisoner's name; I am a lodger on the same floor with the prisoner,
<
rs
type
=
"placeName"
id
=
"t17940716-63-crimeloc314"
>
No. 1, Porter-street, Newport-market
</
rs
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-crimeloc314"
type
=
"placeName"
value
=
"No. 1, Porter-street, Newport-market"
>
</
interp
>
<
join
result
=
"offencePlace"
targOrder
=
"Y"
targets
=
"t17940716-63-off312 t17940716-63-crimeloc314"
>
</
join
>
; I saw the things about ten minutes before two, on Wednesday last; I went out and locked my door; I did not return till about a quarter past nine, when I missed this property, the gown, and glass in a gilt frame; I knew the prisoner before by living on the the same floor with me, in the same house.
</
p
>
<
p
>
Q. What is the prisoner? How does the get her livelihood? - By shoe binding and shoe closing. I believe. The gown I have seen since, but not glass.
</
p
>
<
p
>
<
rs
type
=
"persName"
id
=
"t17940716-63-person645"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person645"
type
=
"role"
value
=
""
>
</
interp
>
ISAAC FISHER
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person645"
type
=
"surname"
value
=
"FISHER"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person645"
type
=
"given"
value
=
"ISAAC"
>
</
interp
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-person645"
type
=
"gender"
value
=
"male"
>
</
interp
>
</
rs
>
sworn.
</
p
>
<
p
>
I produce a gown. On Wednesday last, in the afternoon, a person came to
<
xptr
type
=
"pageFacsimile"
doc
=
"179407160111"
>
</
xptr
>
our shop, and wanted half a crown on this gown, (to the best of my knowledge the prisoner at the bar is the person) she had two shillings on it; I am servant to Mr Parker, No it Prince's-street, Leicester Fields; I had not seen her before to my knowledge; but I have little doubt in my own mind; I should not like to swear positively, but there are circumstances, she seemed in a great deal of trouble; she said, she had a child lying ill at Kensington or Brompton, and wanted to go and see it; she pledged the gown in the name of Mrs. Powell, which appears to be her own name.
</
p
>
<
p
>
<
rs
id
=
"t17940716-63-verdict315"
type
=
"verdictDescription"
>
<
interp
inst
=
"t17940716-63-verdict315"
type
=
"verdictCategory"
value
=
"notGuilty"
>
</
interp
>
Not GUILTY
</
rs
>
.
</
p
>
<
p
>
Tried by the second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice HEATH.
</
p
>
</
div1
>
View as Text
Section Navigation
Home
Search
Browse Documents
Lives
Historical Background
About This Project
Copyright & Citation Guide
Contact Us