The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

 

13.   MARGARET MORING was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 24th day of November last, four pair of mens leather shoes value 14 s. the property of   Richard Johnson , privily in his shop .

  RICHARD JOHNSON sworn.

I am a shoemaker at No. 180,  High Holborn ; I lost a great many shoes last month. On the 21st of last month the prisoner came into my shop, I told her never to come into my shop again; on the 24th she came again; she bought nothing: after she was gone we pursued her into Drury-lane, and took the shoes upon her.

  ELEANOR JOHNSON sworn.

I had been over the way of an errand, and I saw the prisoner go into the shop and come out again; I ran over to my husband, and asked him if he had served any body in a blue cloak; he said, no; I pursued the prisoner down Drury-lane, I saw her give something to another woman in Drury-lane, then I tapped her on the shoulder, and said she must go into Holborn with me; she damned me and said she would not go with

me; I took those shoes from her, and she said she would stick me; I held her fast till my husband came up, and he took her up.

  ANDREW JOHNSON sworn.

I sold these shoes to the prosecutor, they came from a factor in the country.

PRISONER's DEFENCE.

I never had any of the shoes.

Court. What is the value of those shoes? - The four pair fourteen shillings.

GUILTY , Death .

Tried by the first Middlesex Jury before Mr.   Baron HOTHAM .