The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-07-26 00:00:00

THEFT FROM A LAUNDRESS

Mary Nuttall, was charged with obtaining from the house
of one Mrs. M`Mahon, who keeps a mangle, at Newington-
bridge, a quantity of linen, &c., belonging to Miss Knibb,
15, Bold-street, sent by her domestics for the purpose of
being mangled. The prisoner, it appeared, knew the articles
of Miss Knibb's were at M`Mahon's house, from whence she
obtained them ; part of which she pledged with Mr. Robert
Hayes, in Kent-street, and others with Mr. Thomas Hodg-
kinson, in Park-lane.
Arthur Grindrod, being sworn, said, I am assistant to Mr.
Robert Hayes, pawnbroker, No. 1, Kent-street. The pri-
soner at the bar, Mary Nuttall, came to his master's shop
on Wednesday, wishing to pledge a table-cloth, one chemise,
a petticoat, towel, and sundry linen cloths—l lent her 4s. 6d.
on them : the day after she came again, and wished to pledge
a table-cloth and three towels—l lent her 2s. 6d. on them.
I questioned her as to whom the articles belonged, and she
replied " they were her own." In about two hours after-
wards a printed bill or two were left in the shop from the
police-office, describing the property as stolen.
John. Parr said he was an apprentice to Mr. Thomas
Hodgkinson, pawnbroker, in Park-lane. In the afternoon
of the 23d instant, the prisoner came to his master's shop,
and desired to pledge a table-cloth, a petticoat, a night-gown,
and a towel, she gave her name as Mary Nuttall, and he lent
ss. on them, and the day afterwards saw a bill describing
such articles as being stolen.
Mary Simott, servant to Miss Frances Knibb, said, she
assisted in washing the clothes on the Monday ; and on Tues-
day placed two dozen and seven pieces out to M`Mahon's to
be mangled. She then described the several articles from
recollection, some of which were her own property, some be-
longed to William Bolland, and the rest to Miss Knibb. She
sent them all by Bolland, and the day after she sent him for
the clothes back again, and the answer was that another per-
son had fetched them.

William Bolland proved the taking of the clothes, and his
being again sent for the same the following day, according to
the testimony of preceding witness.
Margaret Rice said, she resided with her sister Ann
M`Mahon ; she received the clothes from Bolland on the
Tuesday, and on the Wednesday the prisoner came and
asked if Miss Knibb's clothes were mangled ; she waited
whilst they were finished : she saw me count them, and then
paid 3d for the mangling ; she watched her going towards
the neighbourhood of Bold-street, and she heard no more
until Bolland came for the clothes.

Samuel Lloyd said, he was a constable, and on Wednes-
day afternoon, he called upon Margaret Rice, and took her
to Mr. Hayes' and Mr. Hodgkinson's shops to identify the
articles. Between eleven and twelve •o'clock that night, he
went in search of the prisoner, and found her in a cellar in
Lydia Anne-street. I said, " I want you about some clothes
you got from Newington-bridge, I have found some of them
in pledge." She replied, " She knew nothing about them."
He then took her to Bridewell, and the clothes which he
received from the pawnbrokers he now produced.
The prisoner urged nothing in defence. The magistrates
gave her to understand, that she might be liberated on bail,
herself in £4O, and two sureties in £2O each, to answer the
charge at the next sessions, and in default of which she would
be committed.