Offence: Theft > grand larceny
Verdict: Guilty
Punishment: Transportation
75. (M.) Elizabeth Pindar , spinster , was indicted for stealing five dressing-glasses, value 25 s. two blankets, value 10 s. one copper pan, value 2 s. and one pair of bellows, value 1 s. the goods of Thomas Dobyns , January 16 . ++
Thomas Dobyns . I am an Upholsterer , and live in George-street, near Hanover-square ; I employed the prisoner as a chair-woman , and sometimes she worked in the shop . I missed several things, and I set one to watch the rest of my servants, and he catched the prisoner with a looking-glass concealed between her legs; then I charged her with taking the other things, and she confessed taking the things mentioned.
John Mason . I am book-keeper to Mr Dobyns; we had suspicion of some persons stealing things out of our house; there was a house belonging to Mr Knight to be air'd, and goods carried in: I sent the prisoner to air the house; she was going out, I saw something stick out under her cloaths; I searched and found it to be a looking-glass, (producing it) we had miss'd several things out of the house.
Alexander Mackenzie . I live in Oxford-road I am a pawnbroker; the prisoner pawn'd three looking-glasses with me, a baking pan, and a pair of bellows. Produced in court, and deposed to by the prosecutor.
The prisoner did not say any thing in her defence.
Guilty .