Old Bailey Proceedings Online (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 02 April 2023), September 1732, trial of Catharine Bennet (t17320906-14).

Catharine Bennet, Theft > grand larceny, 6th September 1732.

15. Catharine Bennet of Aldersgate , was indicted for stealing a Great Coat, value 15 s. 2 Table Cloths, a Handkerchief, and 2 Books, one called the Holy Bible, value 1 s. and the other the History of Moll Flanders, value 1 s. the Goods of John Powel , July 6 .

The Prisoner was the Prosecutor's Servant ; the Goods being miss'd, she was examined, and confessed where she had pawned them. The Jury found her Guilty to the value of 10 d.

[Transportation. See summary.]