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Guinefis, one Broad Piece, value::;/, fouj'Broad Picceis
val. 25/. each, one half Broad Piece, val. IT J. 6d;'z^ s.
in Silver, a Silver Tunkard.value 40 J. a Canvas Bag, va-
lue I d. and two Smocks, value izs. on the faid 4th
of Felruaty, in the Night.
She pleaded not Guilty to all thefe Indiftmcnts; but
upon her Trial fhe own'd herfelf Guilty of the Felony
and Burglary, and deny'd all the Murders.
She v/as firil indifled for the Murder of Ann Price, the
young Servant Maid, and upon evidtnt circumftantiaF
Proof found Guilty of the Indiflment.
She was 22 Years of Age, defctnded of honeft, cre-
ditable Parents in the County oiDurL'am; her Father
(as fhe faid) had a pretty Eftate about 100 /. fcr Jmi.
Hvhich he foon ran. out, and then his Wife, her Mather,
being an Irifi Woman went to Duhlia, and there pur-
chafed a publick Place of the City, liv'd in good Cre-
dit, and gave her a very good Education. She liv'd
with her Father and Mother in Dublin a confidcrabia
Time, and fome Years ago, her Parents coming to
London about certain Affairs, fhe came with them, and
went to Service, and lived in feveral good Families,
where (he did her Bufinefs to the Satisfaftion of her
IvIiilrefTes, and was never blam'd for Difhonelly.
After her Father had fettled his Affairs here he re-
turn'd to Ireland, and her Mother dying about that
Time, Sarah was left to herfelf, and quitting her Ser-
vice, fhe got Employment as a Chairwoman or Laun-
drefs in the Temple, where fhe ferv'd fome Gentlemen
for a confiderable Time. Before this fhe was in a Place
call'd the Black Horfe Ale-houfe, where fhe renew'd her
former Acquaintance with one Mrs. Tracty, and where
file contrafted Acquaintance with the two Brothers,
Thomas and James Akxander.
And fhe faid, that TraceyixAxladz young Men of-
ten advifed her to rob her Mafler, and this fhe always
refufed to do. The younger of the Brothers propofed
to go to her Miflrefs, and tell her that Sarah having
been faiaiJiar with ht;r Huflband, had provided Poifon
to