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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 22 March 2023), July 1719, trial of                      Elizabeth                      Curry                                                                                (t17190708-19).<hr/><h2>Elizabeth Curry, Theft &gt; grand larceny, 8th July 1719. </h2>                                                                                                   <p>                                                                  Elizabeth                      Curry                                                                                                          , of St. Dunstan at Stepney                                                       , was indicted for                                                          stealing a Silk Scarf value 8 s.             the Goods of                                                       Henry                      Atwood                                                                                                                                , on the 12th of June                   last. The Prisoner came to the Prosecutors Shop for a Halfpenny-worth of Small Beer, and took the Scarf; her Confession before the Justice was read in Court, and the Jury found her                                                          Guilty to the value of 10 d.                                                                                        Transportation            .</p>            </div>
				
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