Elizabeth Walters

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Tony Beale on 29th January 2021

Old Bailey Online 2206. ELIZABETH WALTERS was indicted for stealing, on the 31st of August, 1 pair of shoes, value 2s. 6d., the goods of Charles Stokes. CHARLES STOKES . I am a boot and shoemaker, and live in Stockwell-street, Greenwich. On the 31st of August the prisoner came to my shop, between five and six o'clock—she was shown into the parlour by my servant, and sat down to be measured for a pair of boots—while she was sitting down I observed her lay hold of her shawl on one side, and hold it very tight, and from that circumstance I suspected she had something belonging to me—I said to her, immediately after measuring her, "Have you not a bad arm?" thinking that might be the case—she said, "No"—I opened her shawl and saw the shoes under her arm—I took them from her, and said, "These are my shoes"—she at first said they were not—I said, "I know they are, and shall give you into custody"—I sent the boy for a policeman, and she was going to fall on her knees to beg pardon, and said she would pay for them, but, being frequently robbed, I gave her into custody. Cross-examined by MR. CRESSWELL. Q. Were there other shoes about? A. Yes—it is usual for customers to take up articles to look at—I do not think she had moved from her position—she was about five minutes in the shop—she tried several pairs of shoes on, and objected to them—I was frequently backwards and forwards in the shop, getting others. JURY Q. Have you any private mark on the shoes? A. No; but the figure 2 on the toe—it is not my own making I have figures in the same hand-writing on my shoes in the shop—I cannot say whether she took them from the shop or parlour—I did not let her go out of the house. MR. CRESSWELL. Q. Might not the person who made these, mark all his shoes with the figure 2? A. All of the same size he would mark the same—she appeared very much frightened when I charged her with stealing them—I have frequently handled these shoes during the last four weeks—I have had them in my hands perhaps fifty times—I swear positively they are mine. JURY Q. have you any other shoes of the same size? A. Yes; but not of the same make—I think these were taken from the back of the chair on which she sat, but I cannot be certain about that. GUILTY. Aged 18.—Recommended to mercy. Confined Ten Days. 291. ELIZABETH WALTERS was indicted for stealing, on the 25th of November, 1 pair of shoes, value 2s., the goods of Charles Williams; and that she had been before convicted of felony. SARAH WOOD WILLIAMS . I am the wife of Charles Williams, who is a pawnbroker at Greenwich. Treadaway brought a pair of shoes to me—I saw they were ours—they had never been sold—the prisoner came to the shop after the shoes had been brought, and she had been before to take some patchwork out of pawn—the shoes hung on a horse, near the boxes—I had them in my hand the last thing at night—these are them—I am certain they are mine—I missed them immediately Treadaway spoke about them on 25th of November—we put some more on the horse and went into the back parlour, and while sitting there, the prisoner came in and rushed by the horse and came to pawn something for fourpence, and immediately we missed another pair. Prisoner. Mr. Williams said if I paid 16s. he would let me off. Witness. He did not. JONATHAN TREADAWAY . I am shopman to Mr. Thompson in London-street. The prisoner offered these shoes in pawn on the 25th of November, about half-past four o'clock in the evening—seeing a mark on them we suspected they were stolen, and took them to the prosecutor—the prisoner ran out of the shop, and said she would send her sister. RICHARD BURKETT . I took her into custody. GEORGE HARRIS . I am a policeman. I produce a certificate of the prisoner's former conviction, which I got from Mr. Clark's office (read)—I was a witness on the trial—the prisoner is the person. GUILTY . Aged 18.— Transported for Fourteen Years. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Indents, 1788-1842 Annotated Printed Indentures 1837. From London, single protestant who could read. 5' 1 1/2" ruddy freckled and pock pitted light hair and grey eyes. New South Wales, Australia, Convict Applications for the Publication of Banns, 1828-1830, 1838-1839 for Elizabeth Walters 1838 (Reel 1702) Name: Elizabeth Walters Gender: Female Birth Year: abt 1818 Age: 20 Arrival year: 1837 Arriving Vessel: Morley Spouse Name: John Jones II Spouse Gender: Male Spouse Birth Year: 1811 Spouse Age: 27 Spouse Arrival Year: 1829 Spouse Vessel: Sarah and Elizabeth Marriage Year: Abt 1838 Application Date: 31 Oct 1838 Application Place: Saint Johns Church, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia. Rev H H Bobart