The Proceedings of the Old Bailey

Reference Number	t17150427-52
Verdict	Guilty
Sentence	Death

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Related Material	Ordinary's Account, 11th May 1715 Associated Records

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  Mary Skip , of the Parish of  Stepney , was indicted for robbing   Joseph Murrel , an Infant , of a Stuff Coat and Petticoat, the Goods of   Joseph Murrel , senior, the 18th of March last, on the King's Highway . The Witness swore, That seeing the Prisoner with the Child upon a Bank, and hearing it cry extremely, she ask'd her if it was her own Child, and she answer'd it was; whereupon she went away, but saw the Prisoner strip off the Child's Cloaths, and then came back again, and ask'd the Child if that was its Mother; to which it reply'd, No; upon which she seiz'd the Prisoner, with the Goods upon her, and found another Child's Cloaths in her Lap. The Matter being fully prov'd against her, the Jury found her Guilty of the Indictment.

[Death. See summary.]