Ann Gill

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Tony Beale on 21st February 2021

Old Bailey Online (DOB from here) 679. ANN GILL was indicted for feloniously stealing on the 15th of September , three cotton window curtains, value 3 l. and a table cloth, value 2 s. the property of Warrender Pringle , in his dwelling house . WARRENDER PRINGLE. I live at No. 3, Norton-street . Q. Do you know the woman at the bar. - A. Perfectly well; she worked for me as a chairwoman . I am a calenderer, I clean furniture . Q. When was it you missed any part of your furniture. - A. The 21st of September I missed one of the curtains; on searching farther I found there were two others gone, and a table cloth. Q. Where were your curtains put. - A. They were put up in a drying room; they were articles that I had to callender. Q. Who had access to that room where they were put. - A. My wife and the prisoner; the prisoner used to go up and bring down the things when they were wanted; we put confidence in her. Q. When did you see any of these curtains afterwards. - A. On the 23nd, when I took her up; I got a search warrant, and the duplicate was found on her. Q. Were you present when they were found. - A. No, the officer found it; I saw three window curtains and a table cloth at Mr. Baxter's, pawnbroker, Norfolk street; they were the same that were missing from my house. JOHN WELLS . I live with Mr. Baxter, pawnbroker, Norfolk-street, Middlesex Hospital. Q. Is that near where Pringle lives. - A. Yes. On Wednesday the 2nd of September the prisoner pledged two curtains for eighteen shillings; she said they were hers; I gave her the duplicate in the name of Ann Wilson ; on Saturday the 12th of September she pledged a pink curtain for seven shillings, and on the 15th she pledged this table cloth for two shillings. The property produced and identified. Prisoner's Defence. I did not mean to do it as a defraud; but having a child, and having a fit of illness, I was in distress; I meaned to redeem them as soon as I recovered from my illness. As soon as they brought the search warrant I delivered up the tickets. Q. to prosecutor. Was the prisoner in your service at the time she was apprehended. - A. No, she went away on the 15th, she said she was not well. GUILTY, aged 26. Of stealing to the value of thirty-nine shillings . Transported for Seven Years . First Middlesex jury, before Mr. Baron Thompson . 1828 New South Wales, Australia Census (Australian Copy) for Anne Gill aged 51 free by servitude housekeeper John Walker Portland Head. No 46 on Census. No 47 was Elizabeth Gill also on the Speke age 41