Offence: Theft > grand larceny
Verdict: Guilty; Not Guilty
Punishment: Death
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Hanah Watkins , Anne Scot , Catharine Baucer and Cassandra Widdows , of the Parish of St. Dunstans in the West , indicted August the 16th . for stealing one Shift, a Mantua, value 2 l. with other small goods , from one Mr. Marman : it was proved by the King's Evidence, that the Goods had been offer'd to be pawn'd by Scot, Baucer, and Widdows; as for Watkins, she was only in the House whence the Goods were taken. Baucer and Widdows say they had the goods of Scot, who with Baucer appeared to be
old Offenders. Whereupon Baucer, Scot, and Widdows, were brought in Guilty ; Watkins not Guilty .