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1572. HARRIET GALE was indicted for stealing, on the 13th of September, one gown, value 4s.; one shift, value 2s.; one petticoat, value 1s., and two handkerchiefs, value 8d., the goods of Israel Otolangay.
MARY OTOLANGAY. I am the wife of Israel Otolangay, who is a confectioner, and lives in Wood-street, Tabernacle-walk. The articles stated in the indictment were hung in the garden to bleach, all night, on the 12th of September-next morning they were taken. The prisoner was my servant, and had lived two days with me - She left that morning. My husband met her about a week afterwards in Whitechapel. She offered to pay 1s. per week for the things.
JURY. Q. Have you female lodgers - A. Yes-they are both married, but their husbands do not live with them.
LEONARD MATHEWS. I am a pawnbroker. A gown was pledged with me by a woman whom I do not know.
(Property produced and sworn to.)
Prisoner's Defence. I found the prosecutrix wanted me to become a prostitute, and I left her.
NOT GUILTY.
Second Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.
Mary Otolangay appears as a witness in this trial at the 'Old Bailey Court' in 1818.
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