Margaret Paterson

Life archive ID obpt18190421-95-defend1074
Born 1800. Gender female. Occupation Servant of all work. HISCO 9. Has tattoo no. First recorded 1816.
Born
1800
Tried
21st April 1819
Age 19. Occupation Servant of all work. HISCO 9.
Tried at Old Bailey, London. Accused of theft from a specified place (stealing, on the 25th of march, at st. pancras, in the dwelling-house of william gordon , one watch, value 16 l.; one chain, value 4 l.; one key, value 5 s.; seven rings, value 40 s.; five pair of ear-rings, value 40 s.; six brooches, value 3 l.; eight buttons, value 8 s.; one cross, value 1 l.; one clasp, value 2 s.; two purses, value 5 s.; one box, value 1 s.; one parasol, value 5 s.; two yards of sarsnet, value 10 s.; one yard of mode, value 5 s.; five remnants of silk, value 5 s.; six petticoats, value 30 s.; seven shifts, value 56 s.; one shirt, value 10 s.; one pair of stockings, value 5 s.; two spencers, value 40 s.; one 20 l., one 5 l., and seventeen 1 l. bank notes). Found guilty with recommendation. Sentenced to death. Sentence outcome was transported.
Sentence respited
19th June 1819
Age 19.
Transported
19th June 1819
Age 19.