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				<div style="font-family:serif;"><i>Old Bailey Proceedings Online</i> (www.oldbaileyonline.org, version 8.0, 09 December 2023), September 1772, trial of                      CATHERINE                      CONOLLY                                                                                                   ANN                      HAMMOND                                                                               (t17720909-56).<hr/><h2>CATHERINE CONOLLY, ANN HAMMOND, Theft &gt; grand larceny, 9th September 1772. </h2>                                                                                                                  <p>675, 676. (M.)                                                       CATHERINE                      CONOLLY                                                                                                         , spinster                                    , and                                                       ANN                      HAMMOND                                                                                                         , spinster, were indicted for                                                          stealing a cotton gown, value 4 s. a laced sattin cloak, value 20 s. a cloath cloak, value 1 s. a laced white sattin hat, value 2 s. a pair of lawn sleeves, value 6 d. and a black silk handkerchief, value 6 d.             the property of                                                       Samuel                      Farmer                                                                                                                              , July 1                  . ++</p>               <p>                                                Carolina                   Farmer                                                                                       . I keep a lodging house in Tothill-street                                                                                                   . The two prisoners came to lodge at my house; I agreed to take Conolly as a servant                  ; she continued about a fortnight. On the 1st of July I went out and left her at work in her shift sleeves; when I returned home she and Hammond were gone, and I missed the things mentioned in the indictment; I went after them and found them in a cellar among some soldiers; Conolly had my cotton gown and hat on; Hammond sat by her with my cloth cloak on.</p>               <p>CONOLLY                                     Guilty                                                                                        T            .</p>               <p>HAMMOND                                     Acquitted            .</p>            </div>
				
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