Old Bailey Proceedings:
Old Bailey Proceedings: Accounts of Criminal Trials
30th May 1754
314. (M.)
Susannah
Howard
proceedingsdefend
, spinster
, was indicted for
stealing four pieces of gold coin, called guineasand 7 s 6 d. in money, numbered, the money of
Barnard
Goodchild
proceedingsvictim
, in the dwelling-house
of the said BarnardApril 29
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Barnard
Goodchild
< no role >
I live at the Cherry tree, in Kingsland road
. The prisoner was a servant
to me upwards of six months, and lived with my wife mother upwards of five years. I was out at the time of the robbery: she was carried before justice Chamberlain.
Q. Did she make any confession, or was there any taken in writing?
Barnard
Goodchild
< no role >
. I do not know; the justice wrote something.
Q. Did she sign it ?
Barnard
Goodchild
< no role >
. I cannot say.
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. I am wife to the last witness. On the 29th of April I missed some silver out of my bureau; I had seen it about two hours before.
Q. When was it you saw it?
Marry Goodchild. As near as I can guess about the hours of three and four, and between four and five I missed it: the keys were found by the prisoner.
Q. What do you mean by by her?
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. Down upon the ground by her.
Q. Did you leave your keys in your drawers?
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. I did not; I had used my tea-chest not an hour before, and left them in that; there was money found upon the prisoner.
Q. Had she none before?
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. No, she had none before.
Q. How do you know that?
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. Because the day before I lent her 6 d. for the mending of her gown.
Q. How much money was there found upon her?
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. Two shillings and six pence first, and 3 s. 6 d. afterwards.
Q. Did you ever find any of your guineas again?
Mary
Goodchild
< no role >
. No, I never did.
Judith
Westby
< no role >
. I am servant in that house; I found the keys by the prisoner; she lay upon the ground.
Q. How came she to lay upon the ground?
Judith
Westby
< no role >
. She was very much in liquor, and so tumbled down; the money lay by her; there was a half a crown and 3 s. 6 d.
Thomas
Hankey
< no role >
. I lodged in this house.
Q. What business do you follow?
Thomas
Hankey
< no role >
. I do not follow any.
Q. Have you been brought up to any business?
Thomas
Hankey
< no role >
. Yes, to a distiller. The prisoner desired me to go up stairs with her, saying, she would find some of the money if she could: she found 3 s. 6 d. and gave it me in my hand, and I gave it her mistress; that is all I know.
Charles
Rimington
< no role > This name instance is in set 3232.
. Mr. Goodchild acquinted me that he had been robbed; I spoke to the prisoner, and desired her to confess, saying, her master and mistress would not hurt her, but she did not.
The prisoner said nothing in her defence.
Acquitted
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