| Reference Number | t17440728-24 |
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| Verdict | Guilty > theft under 1s |
| Sentence | Corporal > whipping |
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327. Mary Gibson , of St. Martin's in the Fields , was indicted for stealing 2 silver spoons, value 8 s. one pair of silver sugar tongs, value 5 s. a silver tea strainer, value 2 s. the goods of Thomas Hurnell , May 2 .
Mary Hurnell . The Prisoner came to chair with me. I was called out to serve a customer, in the mean time she took the tea spoons, &c. and went out at a back yard, and I never heard any more of her till she was brought to me; she had sold some at a Silversmith's, and owned she took one of the spoons. Guilty 10 d.