Theft > other, 10th May 1676.
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Three women of Stepney were indicted ( one as principal the other two as accessaries) for stealing Hemp enough to make Halters for all the Rogues in Christendome, that is to say, no less than four thousand weight in one Indictment, and three thousand in another. It being
suggested that they had got a Key to a Rope-maker s Warehouse, whence at several times they purloyned those vast quantities. But no direct proof appearing, they were all acquitted .