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| Verdict | Not Guilty |
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1456. ELIZABETH GILLIES was indicted for stealing, on the 1st of July , 1 gown, value 2s. , the goods of Henry Smith .
ELIZABETH SMITH . I am the wife of Henry Smith. I lost a gown on the 1st of July; I had seen it safe on the table in my parlour the night before - the parlour adjoins my shop, which is in South-street, Manchester-square .
JAMES MOODY . I am a pawnbroker. I took in this gown of the prisoner on the 1st of July.
PHILIP WEBSTER . From the description the pawnbroker gave me, I went to the first-floor back room of the house where the prisoner lived - she was a long time before she would let me in; I said I wanted her to go to the pawnbroker's - I at last got her out; she said I had no occasion to take her to the pawnbroker's, she was guilty and had taken the gown.
Prisoner. I picked it up as I was going for milk - I did not steal it; I did pawn it, but it was through distress.
NOT GUILTY .