![]() ![]() I am a watch-man in Covent-garden I saw these two women about three and when I came up, the women ran off I asked him what was the matter, and he told me I pursued, and took them I asked them where they took the basket from they denied having them. (The basket produced and deposed to by the letters A. I was the person that stopt them two gentlewomen (the prisoners), with the basket in Covent Garden market, about half past three in the morning, of the 5th of August they brought them between them, they were talking in their discourse, in Irish, and they hought nobody understood them, and I did not understand them rightly but I understood they had stole them for they said they had made a good market I never saw the women there before I come to market every morning with my mistress's goods, they did not bring the things as tho' they wanted to sell them, it was not a proper time, so I stopt them and I said good women what have you in your basket they made no answer, but dropt it and made off the watchman was coming to his stand, and he followed them, and took them to the watch-house I spoke to them about three or four times when I first saw them, I suppose they were twenty yards, and I saw them resting three times, till they came to me. ![]() I live at Battersea, I sell my garden stuff at Covent Garden I lost nine pecks of French beans in a wicker basket I only prove the property. and nine pecks of French beans, value 4 s. 'MARY DESMOND and MARY BUTLER were indicted for stealing on the 5th day of August last, one wicker basket, value 2 s.
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