The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t17151012-45
Verdict	Guilty > theft under 1s
Sentence	Corporal > whipping

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  Millicent Downes , of the Parish of  St. Andrew Holbourn , was indicted for stealing 1 stuff Manteau Gown, value 5 s. 1 Pair of Stockings, 2 s. and other Goods , from   John Law , on the 7th of February last. It appear'd the Prisoner was Mrs. Law's Nurse , and having an Opportunity, took the Goods and went away; and sometime after this, the Prosecutor and his Wife met her in the Street and secur'd her. She own'd her self, she had been an old Offender: Upon the whole, the Jury found her guilty to the Value of 10 d.

[Whipping. See summary.]