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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 02 April 2023), October 1715, trial of                      Millicent                      Downes                                                                                (t17151012-45).<hr/><h2>Millicent Downes, Theft &gt; grand larceny, 12th October 1715. </h2>                                                                                                   <p>                                                                  Millicent                      Downes                                                                                                           , of the Parish of St. Andrew Holbourn                                                       , was indicted for                                                          stealing 1 stuff Manteau Gown, value 5 s. 1 Pair of Stockings, 2 s. and other Goods            , from                                                       John                      Law                                                                                                                                , on the 7th of February                   last. It appear'd the Prisoner was Mrs. Law's Nurse                  , and having an Opportunity, took the Goods and went away; and sometime after this, the Prosecutor and his Wife met her in the Street and secur'd her. She own'd her self, she had been an old Offender: Upon the whole, the Jury found her                                                          guilty to the Value of 10 d.                           </p>               <p>                                                                                                                     [Whipping. See summary.]                                                </p>            </div>
				
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