Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 09 June 2023), July 1719, trial of Mary Wood (t17190708-20).

Mary Wood, Theft > grand larceny, 8th July 1719.

Mary Wood , of St. Paul's Covent Garden , was indicted for feloniously stealing 2 Silver Spoons, value 24 s.10 Guineas, and 5 l. in Money , the Goods and Money of Nicholas Gorbin on the 25th of June last. It appeared that the Prisoner came to be the Prosecutor's Servant on the Monday, and robb'd him of the Thursday, which she confest before the Justice; she had nothing to say for her self, nor none to call to her Reputation; the Jury found her Guilty . Death .