 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1777 - 432 pages
...and wanted for nothing, till a prefs-gang came and ftole her hufband from her ; but, fince then, fhe had no bed to lie on ; nothing to give her children to eat j and they were almoft naked ; and perhaps fhe might have done fomething wrong, for fhe hardly knew... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1802 - 438 pages
...trial in my pocket), " That she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but, since then, she...something •wrong, for she hardly knew what she did." The parishofficers testified the truth of this story; but, it seems, there had been a,g6od deal of shop-lifting'.... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 pages
...trial in my pocket,) " that she had lived in credit and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but, since then she had...truth of this story ; but it seems there had been a good deal of shop-lifting about Ludgate; an example was thought necessary ; and this woman was hanged... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1812 - 494 pages
...trial in my pocket) " that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but since then, she had...truth of this story ; but it seems, there had been a good deal of shoplifting about Ludgate : an example was thought necessary ; and this woman was hanged... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 pages
...trial in my pocket),' that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a pressgang came and stole her husband from her; but, since then, she had...nothing to give her children to eat; and they were ahuost naked; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did.' The... | |
 | William Cobbett - 1814 - 736 pages
...trial in my pocket) " That she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her; but, since then, she had...truth of this story ; but, it seems, there had been a good deal of shoplifting about Ludgate ; an example was thought necessary, and this woman was hanged... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1819 - 574 pages
...trial in my pocket) ' That she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and stole her husband from her; but since then, she had...knew what she did.' The parish officers testified to the trulh of this story; but it seems, there had been a good deal of shop-lifting about Ludgate;... | |
 | 1820 - 562 pages
...for nothing, till a press-gang came and ' stole her husband from her ; but since then, she had no hed to ' lie on ; nothing to give her children to eat ; and they were al' most naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, ' for she hardly knew what she did."... | |
 | 1820 - 558 pages
...my pocket,) " That she had lived ' in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a press-gang came and • stole her husband from her ; but since then, she had...nothing to give her children to eat ; and they were al' most naked ; and perhaps she might have done something wrong, ' for she hardly knew what she did."... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1832 - 824 pages
...Her defence was, ' that the had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, until a press-gang came and stole her husband from her ; but since then she had...something wrong, for she hardly knew what she did. Ttie parish officers testified to the truth of this story. But it seems there had been a good deal... | |
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Her defence was (I have the trial in my pocket), 'that she had lived in credit, and wanted for nothing, till a pressgang came and stole her husband from her; but, since then, she had no bed to lie on; nothing to give her children to eat; and they were... 
