| Reference Number | t17760417-31 |
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| Verdict | Guilty > theft under 1s |
| Sentence | Corporal > whipping |
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327. MARY DOYLE was indicted for stealing a silver table spoon, value ten shillings , the property of Henry Whelan , November the 26th .
I live in Jermyn-street , and am a sadler : last November was twelve-month a fire broke out next door to me; while I was busy moving my things, the prisoner came to me with a young man who passed for her husband, and offered to take care of my parlour and shop door; I permitted them so to do; in the hurry and confusion many things were lost, among the rest a silver spoon; I heard no more about it about till about six weeks ago, when the prisoner came to my house with one of Sir John Fielding 's constables; I went by their directions to Mr. Artz, a pawnbroker.
I am a pawnbroker: the prisoner pawned this spoon with me on the 28th of November, in the name of one Henry Whelan .
Prosecutor. This spoon is my property, I lost it at the time of the fire.
PRISONER's DEFENCE.
It was not me, but the young man that pawned it.
She called four witnesses, who gave her a good character.
GUILTY of stealing to the value of ten pence . W .
Tried by the Second Middlesex Jury before Mr. Justice BLACKSTONE.