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Old Bailey Online MARY-ANN JONES. Theft; grand larceny (to 1827). 18th September 1805. Text type Trial account Defendants MARY-ANN JONES Offences Theft > Grand larceny Session Date 18th September 1805 Reference Number t18050918-111 Verdicts Guilty Punishments Transportation 632 MARY-ANN JONES was indicted for feloniously stealing, on the 4th of September , a pinafore, value 1 s. 6 d. the property of Thomas Ewers . JUDITH BRIAN sworn. - I am a widow; I was coming by the back of the London-Dock last Wednesday was a fortnight, between six and seven o'clock in the evening, I met the prisoner, she was taking off Mr. Ewers' child's frock; I asked her was it her own child; she told me yes; I asked the baby whether that was her mammy; the child said no, her mammy was at home; I told her I would fetch an officer, I came along Old Gravel-lane, and she followed me, and the baby followed her; I told Sarah Brown , whom I met, that child had been stripped, and I took the child in my arms. Q. What became of the woman? - A. Somebody in the street went and fetched an officer; I am sure this is the woman that took off the child's frock. SARAH BROWN sworn. - I was in Old Gravel-lane, Brian told me that she saw the prisoner stripping the child, the prisoner and the child were following her; the child's clothes were loose on the child's back, I tied them on. ABRAHAM DAVIS sworn. - I was sent for to take the prisoner into custody; I took this pinafore out of her bosom. (The pinafore identified by the prosecutor.) The prisoner did not say any thing in her defence, but called two witnesses, who gave her a good character. GUILTY , aged 18. Transported for seven years . Third Middlesex Jury, before Mr. Recorder.